(n.) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
(n.) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
(n.) A very thin or lean person.
(n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
(n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
(a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since all human cadaveric tissue is fixed whilst on the skeleton, we may assume that shrinkage of the muscles in such specimens is negligible.
(2) This result indicates that the bone marrow is a very useful material for the detection of diazepam in skeletonized remains.
(3) Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica - an epiphyseal developmental disturbance of the skeleton - is combined with exostose-like, tumor-simulating cartilaginous hypertrophy of bone tissue, mainly located at the epiphyses of the lower extremities and at the tarsal bones.
(4) Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) was first described in 1868 as "hyperostosis of the entire skeleton".
(5) The alveolar stability requires particular properties of both the fibrous skeleton and the alveolar surfactant film.
(6) Heart- lung- and skeleton examinations remain unchanged, and represent 71 to 79% of the total number, but there has been a marked charge in other examinations.
(7) In one horse, the superior aspect of the right ascending ramus of the lower jaw below the coronoid process revealed a gunshot wound; the other skeletons showed no evidence of trauma.
(8) In support of this argument, a case of erosive arthritis is reported in a skeleton from Kulubnarti, Republic of the Sudan (c. 700-1450 A.D.).
(9) The author describes three systems for (1) the treatment of mandibular fractures; (2) the treatment of midface fractures, for reconstructive surgery of the facial skeleton and the skull, and for orthognathic surgery; and (3) the reconstruction of mandibular defects including condyle replacement.
(10) The abnormalities described might bear some relation to the densification of the skeleton seen in pycnodysostosis.
(11) The participation of neural crest cells in development of the dermal skeleton is discussed by way of the repartition of the odontods within the pectoral fin.
(12) This malformation was demonstrated in alcian-blue- and alizarin-red-stained fetal skeletons by measurements of the distance between the cartilaginous ends of each vertebral arch.
(13) A study was undertaken to assess whether CT measurements of the upper craniofacial skeleton accurately represent the bony region imaged.
(14) The destabilization of the red cell membrane skeleton in the presence of crude iHCR is caused by release of hemin, which lowers the stability of membrane skeleton by weakening the spectrin-protein 4.1-actin interaction.
(15) These data suggest that the main route for the formation of the carbon skeleton of aspartate was by a C(3) plus C(1) condensation, with the C(3) unit derived from the isopropyl carbons of valine and the C(1) unit probably from carbon dioxide.
(16) Nevertheless, the band 3 population solubilized by Triton X-100 from prelabeled ghosts was as well phosphorylated as the population of band 3 retained by the skeletons.
(17) Seventy-seven patients with metastases confined to skeleton and 73 patients bearing visceral-only disease were identified.
(18) The authors describe the maternal transport and delivery of a neonate with a serious disorder that required specialized attention at an hour when most hospitals are staffed with a skeleton crew.
(19) (2) It is suggested that the boundaries of the bipolar limb system lie in the girdle skeleton and at the distal end of the limb, respectively, and that it is the apical epidermis of the growing or regenerating limb which defines the distal boundary conditions.
(20) In 12 patients with neurofibromatosis of the maxillofacial region distinct changes of the facial skeleton were found, which in localisation and extent largely conformed to the more or less wide soft tissue hyperplasias.
Teleost
Definition:
(n.) One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.
Example Sentences:
(1) The telencephalon of teleost fish shows high affinity uptake for D-[3H]aspartate, intermediate levels of GABAergic markers and low levels of cholinergic enzymes.
(2) The large motoneurons innervating only white muscle are similar to the primary motoneurons identified in developmental studies in teleosts (Myers: Soc.
(3) This preliminary study shows an adrenergic control system composed of chromaffin cells and adrenergic nerves similar to that found in other teleosts investigated, although the systemic arteries (coeliac artery, dorsal aorta and the vasculature of the air-breathing organ) appear to lack an adrenergic innervation.
(4) The cardiac glycoside ouabain was injected into the eye-bulb of the teleost fish, Carassius carassius.
(5) The results also indicate that the two parts of the teleost olfactory bulb are differentiated not only functionally but also morphologically.
(6) The elopiform teleost Engraulis japonica was used for a light and electron microscopical study of the follicle epithelium in the rostral pars distalis of the pituitary.
(7) The histological picture of the goiters was similar to that found in thiourea-treated teleosts and thiouracil-treated mammals.
(8) Cutaneous oxygen consumption and oxygen uptake from the external medium were investigated in three species of freshwater teleosts:eel(Anguilla anguilla L.)(silvered stage), trout (Salmo gairdnerii R.) and tench (Tinca tinca L.).
(9) Two melanotropic peptides, melanin concentration hormone (MCH) and alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), exert opposing actions on melanosome (melanin granule) movements within teleost pigment cells, melanocytes (melanophores).
(10) The nonfaecal and the faecal production of Pomadasys commersonni, a marine teleost, were investigated at 15, 20 and 25 degrees C. 2.
(11) Among vertebrates, some teleosts are unique in having bone which lacks osteocytes embedded in the matrix.
(12) Absence of a functioning velocity storage network in bottom-dwelling teleosts (as in Amphibia) may be related to the sporadic, slow locomotion of these species and the resulting small requirements for continuous gaze stabilization during self-motion at higher velocities.
(13) We report here the effects of estradiol-17 beta-propionate on vitellogenin gene expression in male Oreochromis aureus, a teleost fish.
(14) Immunoblot analysis with antibodies to P-450 forms from a teleost (scup) showed the presence of cross-reacting proteins in control fish, presumed counterparts to the scup forms.
(15) The experimental studies on visual projection of various teleosts are reviewed and discussed.
(16) The mode of 3-methylcholanthrene (MC)-type induction was evaluated by examining hepatic isozyme P450E content, catalytic activity, and mRNA levels in the marine teleost Fundulus heteroclitus after exposure to a single dose of beta-naphthoflavone (BNF).
(17) However, we report here that in the teleost fish, Aequidens pulcher, the intraocular injection of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), a substance known to destroy dopaminergic retinal cells, has no effect on the triggering of light-adaptive retinomotor movements of the cones and epithelial pigment and only slightly depresses the final level of light adaptation reached.
(18) Absorption of lipid in the different regions of the intestine of two teleost fishes has been studied histochemically at different time intervals of 4, 10 and 20 h. All the three portions of the intestine have the absorptive capacity.
(19) To this end we have investigated whether the c-src gene of a lower vertebrate (the teleost fish Xiphophorus) gives rise to a neural-specific transcript in an analogous manner.
(20) Amino acids and nucleotides stimulate taste receptors of teleosts.