spinous

How To Use spinous In A Sentence

• It appears that the function of the interspinous ligament may be to maintain the tension in the thoraco-lumbar fascia.
• _ -- This affection is almost always met with in adults, and the earliest symptoms are pain and weakness in the legs, and sometimes a slight kyphotic projection of the spinous processes. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
• Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), today announced the U.S. launch of the X-STOP PEEK IPD System, the first interspinous process decompression (IPD) device approved by the U.S. Health News from Medical News Today
• The ocelli (eye-like spots) on the spinous dorsal fin of males are metallic blue, surrounded by a golden ring.
• Conclusion. Combining vertebral augmentation and placement of an interspinous process spacer represents a viable option for treating such fragile patients.
• Helifix is a non-fusion interspinous device designed to provide relief from the symptoms of spinal stenosis by providing flexion in the posterior elements. SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
• _Galathea strigosa_ is peculiar for the spinous character of the carapace and cheliform legs. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
• Shear loading may also explain the bending mechanics of the interspinous ligaments running axially between the zygopophyses of the neural spines of dolphin vertebrae.
• Reproductively active individuals may have a uniform dark gray body with pale abdominal striping and a pale margin on the spinous region of the dorsal fin.
• The tall neural spines of early synapsids, which in life would have been connected to neighboring spines by equally tall interspinous ligaments, may have served to prevent hyper-rotation of the vertebral column during locomotion.