(n.) A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugae of the stomach.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the mouse, Meissner corpuscles, glomerular corpuscles, and Merkel cell nerve endings were seen in every palatine ruga, though the first antemolar ruga also contained simple and atypical lamellated corpuscles.
(2) The number of primary rugae of Japanese children were more than those of Indian children, but the number of transverse palatal rugae were the same.
(3) Extent of cancer invasion was underestimated in giant-rugae tumors (40%), as endoscopy could barely detect the small nest of esophageal infiltrations.
(4) Flattening of the anal verge and rugae occurred during dilatation by the midpoint of the examination in 44% and 34%, respectively.
(5) the esophageal lesion revealed a variety of macroscopic manifestations including giant rugae, submucosal nodules, multiple erosions, and craters.
(6) Regarding the developmental relation of rugae to maxillary dentition in the mouse, a comparison of particular stages of teeth and rugae development and analysis of their similarities and dissimilarities may extend the knowledge of general rules of morphogenesis and differentiation in oral biology.
(7) (d) Many differentiated tumors showed a smooth depressed surface, erythema at the edge of the cancer, and tapering of the gastric rugae.
(8) Similar distribution patterns also were observed in palatine rugae that had received mechanical stimulus during fixation.
(9) The great majority of patients with enlarged rugae presented with peptic ulcer symptoms.
(10) It appears that the division of the maxillary outgrowth oral epithelial covering into rugae as well as into the dentition anlage is closely related.
(11) In 15-day embryos with well-formed secondary palates, the rugae occur, numbering nine on each palatal process.
(12) As the characteristic configuration and spatial patterns were found on each of days 13-19, rugae could be utilized as a natural positional marker (eg, in odontogenesis or palatogenesis studies).
(13) In the middle elevation area, a small region of exposed mesenchyme occurred at the level of the first and second rugae between day 16.9 and 17.5 of MA-age.
(14) In a sample of Swazi (47 males and 70 females) the palatal rugae were studied and the results compared with those in the literature.
(15) On exploratory gastrotomy, the mass was found to consist of hypertrophic rugae resembling cerebral gyri and sulci.
(16) Meissner corpuscles in the normal palatine rugae could be roughly classified into three types by amount and localization of Ca2+.
(17) There were many transverse palatal rugae in the two populations at the left side.
(18) The mucous epithelium of the rat palatal rugae was observed by light and electron microscopy.
(19) Intravaginal findings of vaginal ridges (90.2%) and rugae (88.7%) were found primarily through the labial traction approach.
(20) Distinctive left and right anterior and posterior rugae which appeared on all four casts were identified, the medial ends marked, and the anteroposterior distances measured.
Yuga
Definition:
(n.) Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world.