Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a retinaculum.
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Examples
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As the periosteum and retinacular ligaments which transmit the blood vessels to the proximal fragments are intact, bony union is the rule.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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If the periosteum and the retinacular ligaments remain intact, displacement is prevented and union favoured.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The head and neck of the femur are nourished chiefly by the thick, vascular periosteum, and through certain strong fibrous bands reflected from the attachment of the capsule -- the retinacular or cervical ligaments of Stanley.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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In some cases, and particularly in those in which the periosteum of the neck and the retinacular ligaments remain intact, the shortening does not become apparent till a few days after the accident.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Osseous union is the exception in intra-capsular fracture, especially when the periosteum and the retinacular ligaments have been completely torn, but in sub-periosteal and in impacted fractures it sometimes occurs.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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There are three weeks left of the season and he's got retinacular damage, which apparently keeps all the ligaments together.
Express & Star 2009
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Hypovolemic shock. which is mainly comes from the retinacular vessels d.
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Hypovolemic shock. which is mainly comes from the retinacular vessels d.
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The knee surgery included medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction and lateral retinacular lengthening.
Roadracingworld.com 2008
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