The first form is termed a symphysis (Fig. 298), the second a syndesmosis. From Wordnik.com. [III. Syndesmology. 3. Classification of Joints] Reference
Near the lower part of the symphysis is a pair of laterally placed spines, termed the mental spines, which give origin to the Genioglossi. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5b. 8. The Mandible (Lower Jaw)] Reference
D, as also into the symphysis and crista of the os pubis. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
It is situated behind the pubic symphysis and in front of the rectum. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Pubic symphysis ache, neck tension, even when I turned my ankle, she fixed me right up. From Wordnik.com. [I’ve got the full-of-baby whines « A Bird’s Nest] Reference
Separation of pubic symphysis cartilage between the pubic bones in the front of your pelvis. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference
· Make a bubble in the skin with lidocaine a finger breadth above the symphysis pubis in the median line. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
In this state the organ may be punctured immediately above the pubic symphysis without endangering the serous sac. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The masticatory organs of Arthropods were jaws disjointed at their symphysis; antennæ, nostrils turned outside in. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The slide gave no indication of its origin in the body, but I think this is probably the pubic symphysis of some mammal. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
NOTHING IN THE PERITONEUM, WHICH WAS NOT INFLAMED; but there was much pus in the shoulder joints and the symphysis pubis. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
The pubic symphysis is where the two halves of the pelvic bones come together on the anterior/ventral side of the animal. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
Placing the tip of the scalpel just below the magter's breast bone, she made the long post-mortem incision down to the pubic symphysis. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
Viewed from in front the abdomen is seen to be prominent, overhanging the symphysis pubis, while the shoulders have receded far backwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Nervous Child] Reference
The urinary bladder, which being fully distended, and viewed from above, gives it the appearance of being higher than usual above the pubic symphysis. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
When empty, the back and upper surface of the bladder collapse against its forepart, and in this state the organ lies flattened against the pubic symphysis. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Examine organs of chest and abdomen through an incision made from symphysis menti to pubis, reflecting tissues from chest wall and cutting through costal cartilages. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
As the summit of the bladder falls below, and rises above the level of the upper margin of the pubic symphysis, it carries the peritonaeum with it in either direction. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Two typical cases are related, which I believe fairly represent the general results which follow when the bladder is either wounded behind the symphysis or at the base. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Controlled cord traction involves traction on the cord, combined with counterpressure upwards on the uterine body by a hand placed immediately above the symphysis pubis. From Wordnik.com. [5. CARE DURING THE THIRD STAGE OF LABOUR] Reference
Fracture of the pubis near its symphysis constitutes a grave injury, as there is danger of the bladder becoming caught in the fissure and perforation of its wall may result. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
The prostatic canal being directed almost vertically, and the neck of the bladder being raised nearly as high as the upper border of the pubic symphysis, it must appear that if. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
In some runts the symphysis of the lower jaw is remarkably solid. From Wordnik.com. [The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.] Reference
The distance from the xiphoid to the symphysis pubis was three feet. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Eldridge gives an instance of separation of the symphysis pubis during labor, -- a natural symphysiotomy. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Abdomen distended, hard, and sensitive, the dilated bladder extending a few fingers 'breadth above the symphysis. From Wordnik.com. [History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance] Reference
The postmortem showed a tumor from the ensiform cartilage to the symphysis pubis, which contained the omentum, liver. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Symphysiotomy is an operation consisting of division of the pubic symphysis in order to facilitate delivery in narrow pelves. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The two distinct penises of normal size were apparently well formed and were placed side by side, each attached at its root to the symphysis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
On April 30th the fundus of the tumor was 35 cm. above the symphysis and the uterus 11 1/2 cm.; the cervix was soft as that of a primipara at term. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
These tubes are often found fused or adherent to the ovary or to the uterus; but Fabricius describes the symphysis of the Fallopian tube with the rectum. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The study showed that five percent of women had had serious pelvic girdle syndrome (pain in both iliosacral ligaments and symphysis pubis) during their last pregnancy. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
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