ramus
IPA: rˈeɪmʌs
noun
- A small spray or twig.
- (biology) A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels.
- (ornithology) The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.
- (anatomy) A bony projection, particularly of the jaw, but also in the groin area, both subject to the maturing process of symphysis.
- A surname.
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Examples of "ramus" in Sentences
- Posterior ramus of spinal nerve.
- Ramus served as the partner in charge.
- The inferior pubic ramus is thin and flattened.
- Rather long ramus with weak inclination of mandible.
- It consists of the body, superior ramus, and inferior ramus.
- The ramus is a long arm element that fastens to the lower jaw.
- Ramus outdid his predecessors in the impetuosity of his revolt.
- The ischial ramus joins the inferior ramus of the pubis anteriorly.
- It is divisible into a body, a superior ramus and an inferior ramus.
- Ut arbor fructificans Joseph, ut ramus crescens juxta fontem, rami incedent super murum.
- “The V-shaped subpubic angle, blocky pubic body, and broad ischio-pubic ramus suggest male.”
- An opaque line crossed the right mandibular ramus, near the junction of the vertical and horizontal parts of the jaw.
- Unique skeletal identifiers: possible healed fractures of the right mandibular ramus, right clavicle, and right scapula.
- The dorsal ramus of each nerve supplies the muscle and skin of the back; the ventral ramus supplies the remainder of the body.
- English words, reminds us of an old 'ignorant ramus' in the country, who was always eking out his meaning by three or four familiar Latin terms, which he almost invariably misapplied.
- If pelvises are present, compare: the male pelvic girdle will have wider ischio-pubic ramus, while the female will have a defined ventral crest, a curved subpubic concavity, & a wide sciatic notch.
- Insularum, quas innumeras lateque patentes spargit, clarissimam, lævo alveo Astabores dictus est, hoc est, ramus aquæ venientis è tenebris; dextero veto Astusapes, quod latentis significationem adjicit, nec ante, quam ubi rursum coit, Nilua dictus est.
- In the interval between the adjacent transverse processes each lumbar artery gives off a posterior ramus which is continued backward between the transverse processes and is distributed to the muscles and skin of the back; it furnishes a spinal branch which enters the vertebral canal and is distributed in a manner similar to the spinal branches of the posterior rami of the intercostal arteries (page 601).