symphysis
IPA: sɪmfˈɪsɪs
noun
- (anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
- (anatomy) A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming an immovable joint (as between the pubic bones in the center of the pelvis) or completely fused (as at the midline of the lower jaw).
- (medicine) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
- (anatomy) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
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Examples of "symphysis" in Sentences
- The mandible has a short symphysis.
- The top of the back of the symphysis is very concave.
- The left and right hip bones join at the pubic symphysis.
- A symphysis is a fibrocartilaginous fusion between two bones.
- There are between 13 and 15 teeth on either side of the symphysis.
- Degeneration of the symphysis pubis accompanies aging and postpartum.
- She was diagnosed with an extreme case of symphysis pubis dysfunction.
- The first form is termed a symphysis (Fig. 298), the second a syndesmosis.
- A diastasis of the symphysis pubis is a symptom of pelvic girdle pain PGP .
- In males, the suspensory ligament of the penis attaches to the pubic symphysis.
- The mandibular symphysis is unfused and this was most likely a diurnal species.
- Pubic symphysis ache, neck tension, even when I turned my ankle, she fixed me right up.
- Separation of pubic symphysis cartilage between the pubic bones in the front of your pelvis
- Strain or separation of pubic symphysis joint or sciatica pain in the lower back from pelvic joint stress
- Near the lower part of the symphysis is a pair of laterally placed spines, termed the mental spines, which give origin to the Genioglossi.
- Sometimes in pregnancy or during birth, the pubic joint in the front of the pelvis pubic symphysis widens or separates, causing some women to experience mild to debilitating pain in the pubic region after giving birth.
- The study, published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, also found that obese women had a more than three-fold increased risk of suffering from a condition known as symphysis-pubis dysfunction, which affects the pelvic joints and may cause walking difficulties if severe.
- Extending upward and backward on either side from the lower part of the symphysis is the mylohyoid line, which gives origin to the Mylohyoideus; the posterior part of this line, near the alveolar margin, gives attachment to a small part of the Constrictor pharyngis superior, and to the pterygomandibular raphé.