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  • The portion of the medulla spinalis which lies in front of the posterolateral sulcus is termed the antero-lateral region.

    IX. Neurology. 3. The Spinal Cord or Medulla Spinalis 1918

  • Further, certain of the cranial nerves pass through the substance of the medulla oblongata, and are attached to its surface in series with the roots of the spinal nerves; thus, the fibers of the hypoglossal nerve represent the upward continuation of the anterior nerve roots, and emerge in linear series from a furrow termed the antero-lateral sulcus.

    IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon 1918

  • The forehead cannot be called narrow in relation to the rest of the skull, nor can it be called a retreating forehead; on the contrary, the antero-posterior contour of the skull is well arched, so that the distance along that contour, from the nasal depression to the occipital protuberance, measures about 13.75 inches.

    Essays 2007

  • Shortening of the arm with angulation, usually antero-lateral.

    Chapter 8 1989

  • Hemarthroses, interarticular pain, abnormal lateral or antero-posterior movements.

    Chapter 8 1989

  • · Mark the crural arc; the line in the groin joining the antero-superior iliac spine and the spine of the pubis

    Chapter 5 1989

  • A malformation of the inferior part of the tarsus so that its antero-posterior diameter is considerably less than normal is a contributing cause.

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

  • Their transverse diameter is usually perceptibly increased and in many cases, there is an increase in the antero-posterior diameter.

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

  • Professor Burt Wilder, [194] in his paper on "Pathological Polarities," strongly supports the philosophical importance of these peculiar relations, adding arguments in favour of antero-posterior homologies, which it is here unnecessary to discuss, enough having been said, it is believed, to thoroughly demonstrate the existence of these deep internal relations which are named lateral and serial homologies.

    On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart

  • The patellar ligaments are three strong bands which arise from the antero-inferior surface of the patella, and are inserted to the anterior aspect of the tuberosity of the tibia.

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

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