The iliac part of the fascia lata; h, the upper cornu of its falciform process. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
There is no trace of the Mongolian falciform fold, and the transverse axis is perfectly horizontal. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
The letter indicates the situation of the common femoral artery; h, the falciform edge of the saphenous opening. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
There was a certain grandeur about his great, dark visage, his falciform nose and meaty jowls as he stood there. From Wordnik.com. [The Marooner] Reference
The femoral vein, O, Plate 30, is separated from the falciform margin, S s, of the saphenous opening by one of these septa. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Its inner side is bounded by Gimbernat's ligament, R, Fig. 1, Plate 44, and F, the falciform edge of the saphenous opening. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The upper cornu, h, Pl. 29, of the falciform process would seem, by its situation, to be one of the parts which constrict a crural hernia. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
On cutting through the falciform process, F, Fig. 1, Plate 44, we find Gimbernat's ligament, R, a structure well known in connexion with femoral hernia. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
It is covered anteriorly by, P, Fig. 1, Plate 44, the upper cornu of the falciform process; and behind, it is in connexion with, k, the conjoined tendon. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
When a femoral hernia protrudes at the saphenous space L h, Pl. 28, the dense falciform process, h, embraces its outer side, while the pubic portion of the fascia, L, lies beneath it. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
By this measure, the falciform process, 6, is also relaxed; but I doubt whether the situation occupied by Gimbernat's ligament allows this part to be influenced by any position of the limb or abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Galen, in the second century, taught that those who were born when the moon was falciform, or sickle-shaped, were weak and short-lived, while those born during the full moon were vigorous and of long life. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
The part which occupies the canal is also very much compressed; and again, where the hernia turns over the falciform process, this structure likewise must cause considerable compression on the bowel in the sac. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The falciform process also blends with the ligament; and thus it is that the femoral hernia, when constricted by either of these three structures, may well be supposed to suffer pressure from the three together. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Just above the diaphragm the ligament ends in a free falciform border. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 1c. The Pleuræ] Reference
A double falciform ejection of water vapour from under the kettlelid at both sides simultaneously. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
The lax falciform ligament certainly gives no support though it probably limits lateral displacement. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2i. The Liver] Reference
It is completely covered by peritoneum except along the line of attachment of the falciform ligament. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2i. The Liver] Reference
The upward and medial prolongation of the falciform margin is named the superior cornu; its downward and medial prolongation, the inferior cornu. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 8b. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Thigh] Reference
The line of attachment of the falciform ligament divides the liver into two parts, termed the right and left lobes, the right being much the larger. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2i. The Liver] Reference
From the middle line of the anterior wall a backwardly directed fold encircles the obliterated umbilical vein and forms the falciform ligament of the liver. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference
Tschudi observed, in the same desert, two species of dunes, fixed and movable, and he ascribes a falciform shape to the movable, a conical to the fixed dunes, or medanos. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth as Modified by Human Action] Reference
This reflection forms a somewhat triangular fold, the falciform ligament of the liver, attaching the upper and anterior surfaces of the liver to the diaphragm and abdominal wall. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference
It also gives some twigs to the diaphragm, while from the artery of the right side small branches extend into the falciform ligament of the liver and anastomose with the hepatic artery. From Wordnik.com. [VI. The Arteries. 4. The Arteries of the Upper Extremity. a. The Subclavian Artery] Reference
Below, the obturator fascia is attached to the falciform process of the sacrotuberous ligament and to the pubic arch, where it becomes continuous with the superior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 6e. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Pelvis] Reference
Below, it is bounded by a sharp ridge which gives attachment to a falciform prolongation of the sacrotuberous ligament, and, more anteriorly, gives origin to the Transversus perinæi and Ischiocavernosus. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6c. The Bones of the Lower Extremity. 1. The Hip Bone] Reference
Poupart's ligament, which, curving backwards, are inserted into the ilio-pectineal line, have a sharp falciform edge, and have been dignified by the special name of Gimbernat's ligament (Fig. XXXII. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
The falciform margin of the saphenous opening. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The falciform margin of the saphenous opening. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
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