(a.) Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.
(n.) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
(n.) Alt. of Scapulary
Example Sentences:
(1) The left scapula in each dog was treated by open reduction and plating of the scapular spine.
(2) The cervical discogenic (painful disc) syndrome consists of scapular pain radiating to the head, shoulder and upper arm, often associated with paraesthesiae but without neurological deficit.
(3) Five shoulders had a posterior opening-wedge osteotomy of the scapular neck to correct the excessive retroversion of the glenoid cavity.
(4) We describe a surgical technique that makes use of the lower trapezius flap with inclusion of the dorsal scapular artery; this technique greatly extends the usefulness of the lower trapezius flap, while decreasing the morbidity caused by division of the upper portion of the trapezius muscle during flap harvest.
(5) When the Zucker rats were maintained in the cold, rather than at room temperature, their ability to compensate for removal of the scapular brown fat was compromised, particularly in the obese animals.
(6) A geographic classification of these fractures was used, and it was found that 66% occur in the region of the scapular neck.
(7) Scapular fractures, a relatively uncommon injury, most often result from major trauma.
(8) Variations in scapular position induced by patient positioning change the relationship of the planes to the shoulder anatomy and make reproducibility of sagittal and coronal planes difficult.
(9) A case is reported involving a 29-year-old man who developed scapular osteomyelitis following subacromial corticosteroid injection.
(10) Mean external rotation in 90 degrees abduction was 105 degrees in the frontal plane and 120 degrees in the scapular plane.
(11) Although Tuttle and Basmajian suggest that the cranial orientation of the glenoid fossa in apes has reduced the demand for scapular rotation during arm-raising, subsequent EMG studies on other primate species suggest that these muscles do play a significant role in arm motion during active locomotion.
(12) Also, one or two skin paddles for cover and lining flaps are carried either by the cutaneous scapular and parascapular branches of the circumflex scapular vessels or by surgically split segments of the latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap.
(13) Of the 127 procedures performed, the latissimus dorsi, scapular skin, lateral arm skin, rectus abdominis, and gracilis were used with the greatest frequency.
(14) These shoulder exercises consisted of 1) elevation in the scapular plane with thumbs down, 2) flexion, 3) horizontal abduction with arms externally rotated, and 4) press-up.
(15) Male nude mice were inoculated with either SKI or PGER by passage of tumor chunks (3 mm2) to the scapular region.
(16) Muscular imbalance and weakness are prevented by balanced eccentric strenthening with particular attention to the external rotators and scapular muscles.
(17) Brown adipose tissue (scapular) lipogenesis was decreased by M & B 35347B in obese mice but not in lean mice.
(18) Swarm rat chondrosarcoma chondrocytes produce an inhibitor of collagenase similar to that found in bovine articular chondrocytes and extracts of bovine scapular cartilage.
(19) Unrelenting pain in this shoulder region is relieved by section of the transverse scapular ligament in most cases.
(20) Four points (scapular, triceps, suprailiac, and thigh) of subcutaneous fat which had been commonly selected, height, and weight were measured.
Scapulary
Definition:
(n.) A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.
(n.) The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion.
(n.) A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
(a.) Same as Scapular, a.
(n.) Same as 2d and 3d Scapular.
Example Sentences:
(1) Laboratory-reared Ixodes scapularis Say, Amblyomma americanum (L.), and Dermacentor variabilis (Say) were fed on New Zealand white rabbits experimentally infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (JDI strain).
(2) The role of I. scapularis as a vector of the Lyme borreliosis spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, makes this a noteworthy extension of its known range.
(3) scapularis for large mammals, chiefly cattle, horse and even man, was confirmed.
(4) Using fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled rabbit antibodies produced to B. burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, spirochetes were detected in Ixodes dammini (10.5% of 1,193) and Dermacentor albipictus (0.6% of 157) adults from Connecticut, I. dammini nymphs (49.1% of 108) and adults (64.7% of 99) from Armonk, New York, and in I. scapularis (0.4% of 531) and Amblyomma americanum (3.5% of 173) adults from North Carolina.
(5) Serum from rabbits and rats exposed to Ixodes dammini adults and larvae, respectively, contain antibodies to a large number of antigens in salivary gland homogenates from adult ticks that cross react with the antigens of a closely related species, Ixodes scapularis, and significantly with Dermacentor variabilis antigens.
(6) None of 271 I. scapularis examined were found to be infected with the Lyme disease spirochete.
(7) Spirochetes were detected in I. scapularis (five females, seven males) from Barbour, Butler, Coosa, and Lee counties and A. americanum (four males, four nymphs) from Hale, Lee, and Wilcox counties.
(8) These preliminary findings establish the susceptibility of I. scapularis to B. burgdorferi and the potential role of this tick as an efficient vector of the Lyme disease spirochete.
(9) Borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from Ixodes scapularis Say and Dermacentor albipictus Packard that were removed as partially fed adults from white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann, in Oklahoma.
(10) Malacophagous larvae of the fly Sepedon scapularis Adams were shown experimentally to be effective predators of three species of aquatic pulmonate snails tested as prey: Bulinus africanus (Krauss) an important intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium (Bilharz), Bulinus tropicus (Krauss) and the invasive species Physa acuta Draparnaud.
(11) The central nervous system of Ixodes scapularis is fused into a single compact synganglion.
(12) A. americanum and I. scapularis accounted for 53.4% of all ticks collected.
(13) These results suggest that I. scapularis serves as a vector of babesiosis on Nantucket Island.
(14) Intensity and prevalence of adults of Ixodes scapularis and larvae, nymphs, and adults of Amblyomma americanum varied significantly over collection periods, but not between host sexes.
(15) Of 11 adult I. scapularis examined to date, 6 were infected but the spirochetes were restricted to the midgut.
(16) Nymphs of I. dammini, I. scapularis, and I. pacificus displayed no statistical difference in feeding ability between mice and lizards when placed on these hosts, but more ticks fed on mice and lizards than on chickens.
(17) Spirochetes were detected in four nymphal and two adult A. americanum recovered from white-tailed deer and three larval I. scapularis recovered from cotton mice.
(18) Gut contents were removed for culturing from seven engorged ticks collected in 1991-1992 including five Ixodes dammini (Spielman, Clifford, Piesman & Corwin) and two I. scapularis (Say) removed from a dog that had recently traveled to the southern United States.
(19) Potential vectors are I. scapularis, I. dentatus, Amblyomma americanum, Dermacentor variabilis.
(20) Ixodes scapularis was the most common tick recovered (2,060 specimens) and infested 54% of the deer.