Sentence examples for facet tropism from inspiring English sources

Facet tropism is defined as the angular difference between the left and the right facet orientation.

Facet tropism was suggested to be associated with the disc degeneration and facet degeneration in the lumbar spine.

However, little is known about the relationship between facet tropism and pathologic changes in the cervical spine and the mechanism behind.

Facet joint orientation and facet tropism (FT) are presented as the potential anatomical predisposing factors for lumbar degenerative changes that may lead in turn to early degeneration and herniation of the corresponding disc or degenerative spondylolisthesis.

Facet joint orientation and tropism influence the biomechanics of the corresponding segment.

Future longitudinal studies should ideally allow for examination of genetic factors, and should account for other covariates not considered in this study, including occupational loading, prior physical trauma, lumbosacral alignment, and facet joint orientation and tropism.

Therefore, the sagittal orientation or tropism of the facet joint adjacent to the fusion segment seems a potential risk factor for adjacent segment degeneration.

You boys know what tropism is?

Santorum has a tropism toward the unpleasant.

No facet must go uninspected.

This Wayne Thiebaudesque image has a counterpart in "Tropism" (2000).