The diaphysis is the main or midsection (shaft) of a long bone.
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Examples for "shaft"
Examples for "shaft"
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Over the mountains in the east came the first shaft of day.
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This was the farthest point from the shaft in the entire mine.
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Used four times at the base of the shaft near the tower.
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She almost didn't see it in time- averticalshaft yawning directly ahead.
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A minute later, ballast men slide into view in the secondary shaft.
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No real body of bones and muscles, but the contours of grouped sausages.
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A segment of diaphysis had recently washed up in that vicinity.
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We describe the first case of chondroblastoma arising in the diaphysis of a long bone.
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Other tracks took a direction of longitudinal obliquity, and then implicated both epiphysis and diaphysis.
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Showing shortening of bone, owing to a lateral approximation of the diaphysis because of muscular contraction.
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The osteons are cylindrical structures and are the main structural units of the diaphysis in long bones.
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Oblique perforation, implicating both epiphysis and diaphysis.
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Patients and methods: A 34-years-old man presented with a post-traumatic chronic osteomyelitis due to an open fractur of the diaphysis humerus.
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This was no doubt due to the infrequency of extension of the comminuted fractures beyond the junction of diaphysis and epiphysis.
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The scintimetric activity in the ipsilateral femoral diaphysis decreased and the activity in the tibial diaphysis increased during the observation period.
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An increase in calcium (Ca) content of diaphysis was inhibited by Zn in both the presence and absence of Cd.
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The posteromedial metaphyseal extension and the caput-diaphysis angle were measured to be significantly greater in the X-rays than in CT and MRI.
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In the femur of MFP-treated rats, there was an increase in the inertia momentum of the diaphysis without changes in bone width.
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Microcomputed tomography showed that the bone mass in the fifth lumbar vertebral body, femur diaphysis, and femoral neck were dose-dependently restored by Scl-Ab.
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The maximum thickening and tenderness usually correspond to the junction of the diaphysis with the epiphysis, and the swelling tails off gradually along the shaft.
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Conclusion: MIPO of humerus diaphysis and proximal fractures allows for preservation of blood supply in fracture fragments, owing to less soft tissue and periosteal injury.
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A segment of diaphysis had recently washed up in that vicinity.