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The structure of the carpal ( wrist ) bones prevented pronation of the wrist and forced the ' hands ' to be held with the palmar surface facing inwards ( medially ), not downwards.
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structure and carpal
The carpal tunnel is not labeled, but the circular structure surrounding the median nerve is visible.
structure and wrist
The forearm is the structure and distal region of the upper limb, between the elbow and the wrist.
All members of this genus are insectivores, and have specalised structures for catching insects: a heel-like structure on the wrist that is thought to be used to tap on wood to locate insect larvae.
There is no semilunate element, and the structure of the radiale and ulnare would have limited the flexibility of the wrist joint.
structure and bones
An affinity between the amphibians and the teleost fish is the multi-folded structure of the teeth and the paired supra-occipital bones at the back of the head, both features not found elsewhere in the animal kingdom.
In front of the large windows, as if they were pillars that support the complex stone structure, there are six fine columns that seem to simulate the bones of a limb, with an apparent central articulation ; in fact, this is a floral decoration.
Both are important in the analysis of stress for a polarized dielectric solid under the action of an electric field, materials where the molecular structure is taken into consideration ( e. g. bones ), solids under the action of an external magnetic field, and the dislocation theory of metals.
The human foot and ankle is a strong and complex mechanical structure containing exactly 26 bones, 33 joints ( 20 of which are actively articulated ), and more than a hundred muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
On " Ain't it Funky " ( c. late 1960s ), and " Give it Up or Turn it Lose " ( 1969 ), the tonal structure is bare bones.
Minerals are important for the body because they help with the structure of bones, regulate heart beat, maintain muscle, and take part in regulating cell growth.
Because bones come in a variety of shapes and have a complex internal and external structure they are lightweight, yet strong and hard, in addition to fulfilling their many other functions.
* Bison skeletal structure and bones
The ball and socket shoulder joint allows for movement of the arms in a wide circular plane, while the structure of the two forearm bones which can rotate around each other allows for additional range of motion at that level.
The structure of the ankle bones of this species, the trochlea, is double-spooled.
As there are many features of the Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome, there are likely to be multiple other changes in affected musculature and surrounding bones, such as progressive misalignments of bone structure around the spastic muscles ( leading for example to the scissor gait in spastic diplegia.
He noted that animals ' masses increase disproportionately to their size, and their bones must consequently also disproportionately increase in girth, adapting to loadbearing rather than mere size the bending strength of a tubular structure such as a bone is increased relative to its weight.
Organs as different as a bat's wing, a seal's flipper, a cat's paw and a human hand have a common underlying structure of bones and muscles.
In this field Cuvier published a long list of memoirs, partly relating to the bones of extinct animals, and partly detailing the results of observations on the skeletons of living animals, specially examined with a view of throwing light upon the structure and affinities of the fossil forms.
They wanted to see the bare bones, the structure behind things as part of the aesthetic quality.
In the evolution of the mammalian jaw, two of the bones of the jaw structure ( the articular bone of the lower jaw, and quadrate ) were reduced in size and incorporated into the ear, while many others have been fused together.
Caries is a progressive destruction of any kind of bone structure, including the skull, ribs and other bones, or the tooth, teeth, or teeths.
In mammals, these various bones are often ( though not always ) fused into a single structure ; the sphenoid.
: All animation tools — including expressions, scripts, list controllers, and wiring — can be used along with a set of utilities specific to bones to build rigs of any structure and with custom controls, so animators see only the UI necessary to get their characters animated.
The structure of the squama is like that of the other cranial bones: the mastoid portion is spongy, and the petrous portion dense and hard.
Mg < sub > 60 </ sub > Zn < sub > 35 </ sub > Ca < sub > 5 </ sub >, rapidly cooled to achieve amorphous structure, is being investigated as a biomaterial for implantation into bones as screws, pins, or plates, to fix fractures.
Because an individual's nutrition can affect bone structure, a physiological age is estimated based on the state of the bones.
One feature is a forearm and five finger-like bones, which is the same structure found in humans and birds.
This division into lobes does not actually arise from the structure of the cortex itself, though: the lobes are named after the bones of the skull that overlie them, the frontal bone, parietal bone, temporal bone, and occipital bone.
structure and prevented
The chaotic legal structure and fragmented land ownership combined with a tradition of dividing the land among all the heirs in an inheritance prevented any large scale reforms.
Each of the edges must be prevented from leaking, which can be quite challenging for a geodesic structure.
In addition, the existing structure was originally meant to only be the first phase of a much larger complex, but the high per unit cost of approximately C $ 140, 000 prevented that possibility.
* The Soviet government's structure prevented objective or accurate pictures of internal and external reality.
Reforms in the military structure prevented French soldiers from plundering French soil and armed conflict with other powers was not fought at home.
The police station was a rustic tree building but was enough to resist the weak firepower of the assailants and rain prevented the molotov cocktails from putting the structure on fire.
But the traffic problems make it definitively abandon this vehicle in 1977, because this type of bus is poorly suited to the structure of the Paris network, the stops being too close to each other which prevented people from going upstairs.
Its own leaders were politically inexperienced and clinging to the principle of not – as representatives of the entire nation – accepting financial support from any interest groups, they were prevented from building a strong and competent party structure.
BA's failure to simplify its complex, hierarchical organisation to enable it to reduce its overheads has been the main reason that has until now prevented the airline from achieving a cost structure that would make its Gatwick operation profitable.
In 1971, a nationwide rank-and-file movement led by Vincent R. Sombrotto of Branch 36 was formed with goals of giving members the right to vote directly for national union officers and ending a proxy system that had prevented non-incumbents from breaking into the union's power structure.
For the two inns, the nature of the reclaimed land prevented the digging of a dry cellar, and in this case, half of the scullery was replaced by a structure with a stone vaulted roof, which helped to regulate the internal temperature.
In addition to local supporters, the bill was also supported by the Corporations of Boston and Lincoln, as it included a clause the enable the channel beneath Lincoln High Bridge, a medieval structure which prevented navigation from the River Witham to the Brayford Pool, to be made deeper.
Religion would therefore play a pivotal role in the way Provenzano established his leadership, succeeded in mediating between different mafia ‘ families ’ by creating a less centralised, more reticular structure, and eventually prevented the decline of the organisation.
However, residents of Malden were opposed to the elevated railroad structure that was planned, and prevented the extension.
The extreme political fragmentation of Ireland and its total lack of urban development prevented the emergence of a strong episcopal structure.
The fact that this structure is not mentioned as having a civil function has prevented it from being classified as a true Forum.
Defeminization is a term in developmental biology, especially zoology, referring to an aspect of the process of sexual differentiation by which a potential female-specific structure, function, or behavior is prevented from developing by one of the processes of male development.
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