(a.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
(n.) The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.
Example Sentences:
(1) During the performance of propulsive waves of the oesophagus the implanted vagus nerve caused clonic to tetanic contractions of the sternohyoid muscle, thus proving the oesophagomotor genesis of the reinnervating nerve fibres.
(2) The high ED50 immediately after vagotomy is ascribed to the sudden fall in the subthreshold release of acetylcholine previously supplied by the intact vagus.
(3) The distribution and ultrastructure of lipopigments in the rat sympathetic, vagus and spinal ganglion neurons were studied in vivo and in vitro using fluorescence and electron microscopy.
(4) In 3 animals both vagus nerves were stimulated simultaneously.
(5) The stimulation induced hypotension and decreased the heart rate, both effects being abolished by cutting the right cardiac branch of the vagus.
(6) Our results indicated that vagal afferent activity directly or indirectly influences the activity of neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMNV).
(7) The upper plateau (maximum tachycardia in response to blood pressure reduction) and lower plateau (maximum bradycardia in response to blood pressure elevation) are mainly mediated by the cardiac sympathetics and vagus, respectively.
(8) Stimulation of the carotid body chemoreceptors with cyanide in anaesthetized rabbits usually causes a deep breath or gasp, but only if the vagus nerves are intact.
(9) The retrograde transport of receptor-bound opiate was markedly enhanced in the vagus nerves of rats housed for 25 days in an atmosphere of ethanol vapor.
(10) The therapeutical influence of bilateral vagus blockade was tested in these last animals.
(11) IR-CGRP was localized in a small number (approximately 5%) of myelinated fibers and approximately 50% of unmyelinated fibers of the vagus.
(12) Use of the endoscopic Congo red test provides physiologic evidence that vagus secretory nerve fibers traverse the right and left gastroepiploic nerves, leading us to believe that the gastroepiploic nerves should be routinely divided during proximal gastric vagotomy.
(13) The hepatic vagus nerve was acutely sectioned or stimulated electrically in separate experiments in rats.
(14) Analysis of the functional dependence between the P--S interval (atrial wave of the ECG--moment of vagus stimulation) and the P--P interval showed periodical alterations in pacemaker sensitivity to the effect of the vagus during each cardiac cycle.
(15) During electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve supply to the isolated perfused pig pancreas, a synchronous and approximately equimolar release of immunoreactive PHI and VIP was observed.
(16) On the average, 8.65 fiber bundles of the vagus nerve leave the retro-olivary area.
(17) Labeled neurons were also located within the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve.
(18) Nine groups of experiments were conducted on 120 rats and 55 dogs to study the morphological changes and the density of cholinergic nerve fibres in the intramural nerve apparatus of the stomach after cooling of the vagus nerves at various temperatures and time regimens of the exposure (-35-45 degrees, -70-80 degrees for 2-3 sec., 15 sec in one, two, and three exposures).
(19) The following types and frequencies of neoplasms of the vagus nerve were noted: paragangliomas, 50%; neurilemmomas, 31%; neurofibromas, 14%; and neurofibrosarcomas, 6%.
(20) Neurons that mediated the increase in venular permeability had their cells bodies in the jugular (superior sensory) ganglion of the vagus nerve or rostral portion of the nodose (inferior sensory) ganglion.
Valgus
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) It also provides mechanical support for the collateral ligaments during valgus or varus stress of the knee.
(2) Partial duplication of the proximal part of the long arm of chromosome 5, on the other hand, is associated mainly with musculoskeletal abnormalities including muscle hypotrophy and hypotonia, scoliosis, lordosis, pectus carinatum, cubitus valgus, and genu valgum, in addition to psychomotor retardation.
(3) Cubitus valgus or instability due to a pseudarthrosis of the lateral epicondyle or to ligamentous injury may stretch the nerve.
(4) Modifications of the Wilson bunionectomy and osteotomy procedure enable the surgeon to address multiple, individual abnormalities associated with the hallux abductor valgus deformity.
(5) One also had an associated valgus deformity and another had supination of the forefoot; all had intractable problems with footwear.
(6) The tibial and femoral components were individually positioned at 0 degrees (horizontal) and at certain angles of varus and valgus.
(7) Preoperative diagnosis was symptomatic hallux valgus complex with hypermobile first ray in 33 and failed bunion surgery in 7.
(8) The progressive valgus deformity might have been caused by stimulation of overgrowth of the medial tibial metaphysis.
(9) While the surgeon may tend to use one procedure in the repair of a hallux valgus deformity, versatility is most important when treating the juvenile bunion.
(10) Medial collateral sprains are produced primarily by external rotation and valgus forces.
(11) The maximum error was 6.68 degrees valgus and 4.62 degrees varus.
(12) The other complications included recurrence of the hallux valgus in two feet, pain under a fibular sesamoid in one foot, and a tailor's bunion that was unrelated to the operation in one foot.
(13) Eight fractures were stabilized in greater than 5 degrees of varus or valgus.
(14) In the later stages, with a narrowed articular space and valgus angulation, the isotope was concentrated to the lateral side of the joint, while joints with varus angulation had a more symmetric distribution.
(15) All participated in sports that involved throwing (mostly professional baseball), and all had valgus instability of the elbow.
(16) We could demonstrate with statistical significance that (1) when the subjects with hallux valgus push the great toe on the ground, the first metatarsal head moved in medial direction; in other words the foot widened.
(17) The authors explain the sequential development of a bunion beginning with hallux abducto valgus, then hypertrophy of the dorsomedial tubercle, followed by proximal articular set angle adaptation.
(18) Twenty-six patients with severe tibial bone loss and secondary varus-valgus instability of greater than 20 degrees were treated by total knee arthroplasty using autogeneic bone as a graft in the defect.
(19) The method used most in the operative technique is the correction of valgus deviation at the head of the tibia after osteotomy of the fibula with stabilization with a fixateur externe.
(20) Hallux varus is not uncommon after hallux valgus surgery.