Sentences with word «tubercle»

A tubercle is a small, rounded bump or growth on a bone, tissue, or organ in the body. It can be found in various parts of the body and may be a sign of a medical condition or infection. Full definition
The long head originates (starts) on the infraglenoid tubercle of the scapula which means that is crosses the shoulder joint.
They're called Montgomery tubercles, designed to help lubricate your nipples once baby is here and ready to nurse.
Munich researchers have now found that the bony tubercles on the heads of many species fluoresce under UV light and form impressive patterns.
A humpback's flippers have a row of bumps called tubercles along their leading edge.
In the later part of the first trimester and the early part of the second trimester, the sagittal sign for a boy is that the genital tubercle points upward.
The long head ends just below the shoulder joint on the supraglenoid tubercle.
He and Wilson repeatedly sent a mix of both odors and tones into tubercle cells and saw that responses from 29 percent became either enhanced or suppressed depending on the presence or absence of the second stimulus.
Although larger prime movers such as the latissimus dorsi and teres major produce large shoulder extension moments, the origin of the long head of the triceps on the infraglenoid tubercle also permits the involvement of the triceps in producing a shoulder moment.
The sagittal sign in the late first trimester and early second trimester for a girl is that the genital tubercle points downward.
It extends from the pubic symphysis, pubic crest and pubic tubercle inferiorly, to the xiphoid process and costal cartilages of ribs V to VII superiorly.
This head of the deltoid muscle arises (originates) from the acromion process and inserts into deltoid tubercle of the humerus.
By October, the Canadian industrial fan maker Envira - North Systems expects to begin producing the first tubercle - inspired product — wavy blades for ceiling fans up to 24 feet in diameter.
Fish, who is also a professor of biomechanics at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, says a humpback turning without tubercles would resemble a car slipping on an icy turn: «Instead of being able to make a tight turn, if its flippers stalled the whale would go out of the turn.»
Wind tunnel tests published by Fish and by Duke University fluid dynamics expert Laurens Howle in 2004 showed that adding tubercle - like bumps to model fins pushed back the stall angle by as much as 40 percent.
«I was simply trying to find the way the olfactory tubercle responds to odors,» he says, referring to a structure at the base of the brain that was implicated in odor detection only in 2004.
Micro-CT scans showed that the pattern of fluorescence exactly matched the distribution of tubercles pattern on the skull.
In addition, the males in most species of the genus Calumma have significantly more fluorescent tubercles than the females.
AT = anterior tubercle of C6, C = carotid artery, LC = longus colli muscle, T = thyroid gland, IJ = internal jugular vein, compressed
The subscapularis muscle arises from the inner surface of the scapula and inserts on the anterior humerus at the lesser tubercle and inferior shoulder capsule.
The supraspinatus arises from the medial two - thirds of the supraspinatus fossa on the scapula and inserts into the greater tubercle of the humerus.
Most commonly, the plantar fascia is injured at its attachment point on the medial tubercle of the calcaneus.
Outwardly they look like two small projecting tubercles and react on not a strong push of the finger.
On the sandy areas watch out for pairs of fire dartfish, shrimp and goby partnerships, and sea cucumbers such as Thelnota anax and Bohadschia graeffei (the one with the black frilly tubercles stretching out from its front end on to the sea floor).
The goose bumps are called Montgomery tubercles and they are actually sweat glands that keep your nipples lubricated.
The long head of the biceps has traditionally been described as attaching only to the supraglenoid tubercle (Hollinshead, 1958).
Mark Murray, engineer at the U.S. Naval Academy, found that the saw - tooth - like bumps (called tubercles) running up the edge of a humpback whale's fin make the creatures perform better in low - flow water.
You wouldn't be able to tell if your baby is a boy or a girl from an ultrasound, although the genital tubercle is formed.
Oblique Muscle originates (starts) on the external surfaces of the lower 8 ribs, and it inserts (finishes) on the linea alba, pubic tubercle, and the anterior half of the iliac crest.
The lower fibers insert onto the spine of the scapula with the lowest fibers converging to the attachment site of the posterior deltoid (deltoid tubercle).
The long head attaches on the infraglenoid tubercle — a bony process site on the lateral aspect of the scapula, below the glenoid fossa (shoulder socket).
These bumps, called Montgomery's Tubercles, are thought to excrete a substance that lubricates the areola and nipple.
These bumps are called glands of Montgomery or Montgomery's tubercles.
They are called Montgomery's tubercles.
An ultrasound done before this relies not necessarily on external genitalia but on the direction of the genital tubercle, depending on how early the ultrasound is performed.
Montgomery's tubercles might also cause women to stop and stare in the mirror every morning.
You may also notice an increase in the size and number of «Montgomery's tubercles» which are small bumps on the areola.
Although tenderness is the only symptom experienced by most women during ovulation, pregnant women may see darkening of the color of the areola around the nipple, and more rarely, may have goose bump - like skin patches, called Montgomery's tubercles, around the areola and nipples.
The appearance of Montgomery tubercles is not a sure sign of pregnancy, but if these bumps appear out of nowhere and you are experiencing other pregnancy symptoms, there is a good chance that you are pregnant.
If you research these signs online, Montgomery tubercles is one of the...
You may also notice a darkening of the areolas along with Montgomery tubercles.
Montgomery tubercles are one of these glands, and they're responsible for keeping the breast lubricated during breast - feeding.
These are Montgomery's tubercles and are not a cause for concern.
These bumps, called Montgomery's tubercles, were always there, but now they're gearing up to produce more oils that lubricate your nipples once baby starts suckling.
Its prominent bulge, the length of the bone's shaft and shape of its tubercle — a fan - like protrusion at the end of the bone — is distinctive of the tyrannosauroid lineage (Science, DOI: 10.1126 / science.1187456).
This is why they usually have short limbs, round bodies, and large, hard projections on their hands and feet, called «tubercles» that help them dig.
The new species is readily distinguished from all other species of Psychrophrynella but P. bagrecito and P. usurpator by possessing a tubercle on the inner edge of the tarsus, and from these two species by its yellow ventral coloration on abdomen and limbs.
The trick is in the tubercles, or bumps, along the flippers, says Frank Fish, president of the company WhalePower.
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