Tuberosities

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Those parts where there are tuberosities, and which are devoid of flesh, such as the ankles or fingers, we must guard from the splints which are placed over them, either by position, or by their shortness. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Flexion of the leg to a right angle, increases the distance from the lines of insertion on the pelvic bones to the tuberosities of the tibia by two or three inches -- an amount of stretching these muscle cannot undergo. ❋ Albert F. Blaisdell (N/A)

In well-formed subjects, the anterior space is equiangular, the base being equal to each side; but according as the tuberosities approach the median line, the base becomes narrowed, and the triangle is thereby rendered acute. ❋ Joseph Maclise (N/A)

D D, the ischiatic tuberosities, and the double folds of the nates. ❋ Joseph Maclise (N/A)

The _tuberosities of the humerus_ form the convexity of the shoulder. ❋ Albert F. Blaisdell (N/A)

The posterior perinaeal space may be described on the surface by two lines drawn from D D, the ischiatic tuberosities, to C, the point of the coccyx, whilst the transverse line between D and D bounds it above. ❋ Joseph Maclise (N/A)

It is not the head of the bone which is felt, but its prominences (the tuberosities). ❋ Albert F. Blaisdell (N/A)

A line drawn transversely across in front of the ischial tuberosities divides the perineum into a posterior or rectal, and an anterior or urogenital, triangle. ❋ Unknown (1918)

—In the antero-lateral boundaries of the perineum, the whole outline of the pubic arch can be readily traced ending in the ischial tuberosities. ❋ Unknown (1918)

A line drawn transversely across in front of the ischial tuberosities divides the space into two portions. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The transverse diameter, measured between the posterior parts of the ischial tuberosities, is about 115 mm. in the female. ❋ Unknown (1918)

When the ligaments are in situ, the inferior aperture of the pelvis is lozenge-shaped, bounded, in front, by the pubic arcuate ligament and the inferior rami of the pubes and ischia; laterally, by the ischial tuberosities; and behind, by the sacrotuberous ligaments and the tip of the coccyx. ❋ Unknown (1918)

—The lower circumference of the pelvis is very irregular; the space enclosed by it is named the inferior aperture or outlet (apertura pelvis [minoris] inferior) (Fig. 239), and is bounded behind by the point of the coccyx, and laterally by the ischial tuberosities. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The ischial tuberosities and the acetabula are wider apart, and the former are more everted. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The perineum was deep and the tuberosities of the ischii unnaturally approximated. ❋ Unknown (1896)

It is most convenient to study fractures of the upper end of the humerus in the following order: (1) fracture of the surgical neck; (2) separation of the epiphysis; (3) fracture of head, anatomical neck, or tuberosities. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

The long tendon of the biceps may slip from its position between the tuberosities, and prevent reduction or favour re-dislocation, necessitating an open operation. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

As a rule, however, the fracture passes laterally and implicates the tuberosities. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

# -- The upper epiphysis of the humerus includes the head, both tuberosities, and the upper fourth of the inter-tubercular groove. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

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