Tuberosity

Word TUBEROSITY
Character 10
Hyphenation tu ber os i ty
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Tuberosity"

What do we mean by tuberosity?

The quality or condition of being tuberous. noun

A projection or protuberance, especially one at the end of a bone for the attachment of a muscle or tendon. noun

The state of being tuberous. noun

A swelling or prominence; especially, in anatomy and zoology, a large rough projection or protuberance of bone; a bony tuber, generally serving for the attachment of a muscle: as, the tuberosity of the ischium, or tuber ischii; the greater and lesser tuberosities of the humerus. Small tuberosities of bone are generally called tubercles. See cuts under crus, femur, humerus, and innominatum. noun

The state of being tuberous. noun

An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance. noun

The condition of being tuberous noun

A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached noun

A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament noun

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The word "tuberosity" in example sentences

In front of the upper end of the bone, between the condyles, is an oval eminence, the tuberosity, which is continuous below with the anterior crest of the bone. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Short head: coracoid process of scapula with coracobrachialis INSERTION posterior border of bicipital tuberosity of radius over bursa and bicipital aponeurosis to deep fascia and subcutaneous ulna ❋ Steve Perry (2009)

Don't forget: two-three inches above your wrist bone, you have a "bracelet"; and somewhere on your humerus between the greater tuberosity and the deltoid tuberosity, much closer to the former is your "cap." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Drill-mangabeys, drills and mandrills are also united by particularly large, rounded posterior premolars, a robust ilium, a reduced gluteal tuberosity on the femur, sharp borders to the margins of the patellar groove, and other characters. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

In consequence of this circumstance, the parts of the occipital bone which lie above and below the tuberosity make a much more acute angle with one another than is usual, whereby the hinder part of the base of the skull appears obliquely truncated. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In fractures of the angle of the ilium and the ischial tuberosity, perceptible evidence always exists. ❋ John Victor Lacroix (N/A)

On examination of the joint, a groove forming three-fourths of a tunnel was found in the external tuberosity of the tibia, leading into the knee-joint beneath the external semilunar cartilage. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

In cases where fracture of some portion of the pelvic girdle is suspected and the subject is able to walk, crepitation is sought by placing one hand on an external angle of the ilium and the other on the ischial tuberosity and the animal is then made to walk. ❋ John Victor Lacroix (N/A)

_Entry_, 1 inch above the upper end of the internal margin of the patella; _exit_, at the margin of leg, just below the outer tuberosity of the tibia. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

The dorsal (oblique) ligament is attached above to the distal tuberosity on the inner side of the tibia. ❋ John Victor Lacroix (N/A)

Guedes, a form which has been already described as possessing low velocity and deficient power of penetration; beyond this, in the particular instance irregular impact was evidenced by the presence of a large irregular contused wound of entry over the tuberosity of the tibia. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

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. ❋ John Victor Lacroix (N/A)

Abduction of the limb therefore brought the greater tuberosity into contact with the acromion process, and movement was checked. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

The several heads originate for the most part on the border of the scapula, the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus and the shaft of the humerus. ❋ John Victor Lacroix (N/A)

A skiagram, which I much regret I have not been able to insert, showed that a longitudinal fissure extended from the seat of fracture upwards in such a manner as to divide the upper fragment into two parts, of which the outer bore the greater tuberosity, the inner the articular surface of the head. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

An irregular entry wound was situated over the internal tuberosity of the tibia, while a large fluctuating hæmatoma existed in the lower third of the thigh, at the upper part of which a hard elongated body was palpable. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

His fame as a performer was almost matched by the celebrity of his nasal organ, the tuberosity of which often caused the audience in the gallery to exclaim, "Play up, Nosey!" ❋ George Hart (N/A)

When the tuberosity of the left ischium stands well apart from the perinaeal centre, the line of incision, B E, Fig. 3, Plate 50, is carried obliquely from above downwards and outwards; but in cases where the tuberosity approaches the centre, the incision must necessarily be made more vertical. ❋ Joseph Maclise (N/A)

The slope from the greater tuberosity to the shaft naturally favours the production of the injury in this position. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

In fracture of the ischial tuberosity, infection is more apt to result than in like injury of the ilium, and greater displacement of bone occurs. ❋ John Victor Lacroix (N/A)

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