Sentence examples for osseous from inspiring English sources

The ossicular chain is made up of two parts: the osseous (bony) columella, whose expanded innermost end (the stapes) fills the oval window, and the extracolumella, a cartilaginous extension that usually spreads out in two to four processes that are embedded in the fibrous layer of the tympanic membrane.

The authors reviewed dodo evidence — the "rude descriptions of unscientific voyagers, three or four oil paintings, and a few scattered osseous fragments" — and cleverly made the case that the bird was a peculiar form of pigeon (others had guessed vulture or ostrich).

9 warns of shallow waters? 10 has lunar connections? 1 What Viennese dance celebrated 26 July? 2 Who responded to news of the lugger in Kitt's Hole? 3 What reckless delight is enhanced by an abundance of Xeres? 4 In what did the snail decline the whiting's invitation to take part? 5 In which morbid exercise does a xylophone represent an osseous rattle?

"Mr. Rafael Nadal suffers from insertion tendinitis in the superior end of both kneecaps with a light osseous edema," the announcement said.

Three decades have passed, and often now the payoff is little more than a handful of what American investigators call "possible osseous material".