Patella Sentence Examples

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  • In the most primitive Lamellibranchs there is no separate generative aperture but the gonads discharge into the renal cavity, as in Patella among Gastropods.

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  • This columella muscle is the same thing as the muscles adhering to the shell in Patella, and the posterior adductor of Lamellibranchs.

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  • In Colymbus the patella is reduced to a small ossicle, its function being taken by the greatly developed pyramidal processus tibialis anterior; in Podiceps and Hesperornis the patella itself is large and pyramidal.

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  • In these, as in Patella, the typical ctenidia are aborted, and the branchial function is assumed by close-set lamelliform processes arranged in a series beneath the mantle-skirt on either side of the foot.

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  • The existence of two renal organs in Patella, and their relation to the pericardium (a portion of the coelom), is important.

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  • The digestive tract of Patella offers some interesting features.

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  • The general structure of the Molluscan intestine has not been sufficiently investigated to render any comparison of this structure of Patella with that of other Mollusca possible.

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  • Originally the Chitons were placed with the limpets, Patella, in Cuvier's Cyclobranchia, an order of the Gastropoda.

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  • Arthroscopically assisted reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using a patella tendon bone autograft.

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  • Effusions of the knee occupy the entire joint, the suprapatellar pouch extends 3 finger breadths above the patella.

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  • My patella was actually floating over the face of the lateral femoral condyle without the brace.

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  • Their recommendations are - Soft tissue contracture around patella and fat pad - Start serial lateral X-rays to follow patellar height.

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  • In people where the groove is too shallow, their patella may actually slip out of the groove, causing a patellar dislocation.

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  • I've had 2 major patella dislocations in the past 6 months.

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  • The sky line radiograph taken at 30 degrees of knee flexion may show lateral tilt of the patella onto the lateral facet.

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  • In these cases the patella can be easily lifted out of, and replaced back into the trochlear groove on the femur.

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  • It is associated with a variety of developmental disorders, including joint laxity, patella alta and hypoplasia of the lateral femoral condyle.

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  • Behavior in Captivity In aquaria, I could not get them to eat the limpets, Patella.

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  • Lateral - with the tape pulling the patella to the lateral side of the knee.

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  • Perform rotational movements and downward pressure over this quadrant while keeping the patella stabilized with the non-dominant index finger and thumb.

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  • A band may be felt tightly pulling the patella over laterally and tilting the patella.

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  • Start with knee extended, gently pushing the patella laterally.

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  • The tendons join the muscles of the upper and lower leg and hold the patella (kneecap) in place.

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  • This causes the patella to twist or be pulled inwards.

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  • In addition there was a fracture of the inferior pole of the left patella.

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  • In the presence of chondromalacia of the central ridge or generalized over the whole patella there is usually no definable cause treatable by arthroscopy.

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  • However, the lack of active extension combined with effusion, palpable deficiency in the patellar mechanism, and patella Alta is diagnostic.

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  • This demonstrates subluxation, patella tilt, lateral patella tilt, lateral patella hyperpressure and any arthritis or thinning of the articular cartilage.

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  • Limpets (Patella vulgata) and rough periwinkles are snails that graze on the algae and lichens.

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  • The medial plica can also become nipped between patella and condyle, causing momentary pain and ' giving way ' .

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  • Treatment of Patella sleeve fracture Surgical repair, usually the medial and lateral retinaculum are also found to be torn.

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  • The patella tendinitis was treated with manual soft- tissue techniques to eliminate the pain and inflammation.

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  • The patient's right ACL was reconstructed using part of his patella tendon with a successful outcome, ie, a stable knee.

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  • This demonstrates subluxation, patella tilt, lateral patella hyperpressure and any arthritis or thining of the articular cartilage.

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  • The patella then runs on the undamaged part of the femoral trochlea and the symptoms are often relieved.

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  • The relationship of the patella to the femoral trochlear is well shown.

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  • Until the patella tendon and quadriceps snap and a once valiant athlete is carted off the track, perhaps never to walk again.

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  • There is a patella, intercalated in the tendon of the femori-tibialis or extensor cruris muscle.

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  • The heart in Patella consists of a single auricle (not two as in Haliotis and Fissurella) and a ventricle; the former receives the blood from the branchial vein, the latter distributes it through a large aorta which soon leads into irregular blood-lacunae.

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