Crossword clues for symphysis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Symphysis \Sym"phy*sis\, n.; pl. Symphyses. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to make to grow together; sy`n with + ? to cause to grow; to grow.] (Anat.)
An articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis.
The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw. Cf. Articulation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 The process of two, originally separate bones growing together as the mammalian subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans. 2 A line discernable on X-ray showing such fusion. 3 The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, with or without synovia.
WordNet
n. an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures
a growing together of parts or structures
[also: symphyses (pl)]
Wikipedia
A symphysis is a fibrocartilaginous fusion between two bones. It is a type of cartilaginous joint, specifically a secondary cartilaginous joint.
- A symphysis is an amphiarthrosis, a slightly movable joint.
- A growing together of parts or structures
Unlike synchondroses, symphyses are permanent.
Usage examples of "symphysis".
The pelvic bones, the pubic symphyses and sacral articulation to the innominates never softened.
I asked for the pubic symphyses, the portions of the pelvis where the two halves meet in front, and the sternal ends of the third through fifth ribs to tighten my age estimate.
The ball struck him on the horizontal ramus of the left pubic bone, about an inch from the symphysis, passed through the bladder and rectum, and came out just below the right sacrosciatic notch, near the sacrum.
In the frigate-bird the symphysis of the furcula coalesces with the carina and the upper end of each ramus with the caracoid, while in its turn each caracoid coalesces with the proximal end of the scapula!
The pubic symphyses and iliac crests were completely gone, and only fragments of clavicle had survived.
Then we move south with a slight detour around the umbilicus to the top of the pubic symphysis, which is right here.
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.
The faces of the pubic symphysis, or the surfaces where one pubis joins the other, were no longer rugged and ridged, as in youth.
What's more, she was alive: before our eyes her phalanges toyed with something not far from her pubic symphysis, and her voice continued a rhythmic murmur for some seconds after our entry, as if she had been singing to herself.