Sentence examples for the absence of bone from inspiring English sources

Moreover, CT shows the absence of bone abnormalities.

The bone is visualized as well, but the morphological structure of the carpal bones is more easily evaluable with CT, especially in the absence of bone marrow edema.

Image acquisition was facilitated by the absence of bone on the site of the craniectomy which allows close contact with the brain structure through the skin.

Eugene's nephew Rodney White, then a medical student at Pennsylvania State University (PSU), found that this architecture is ideal for blood vessels to grow around in the absence of bone.

Araújo et al. [10] evaluated the osseointegration and peri-implant tissue modeling following implant placement in fresh extraction sockets, and he found that in the absence of bone graft, the dimensions of both the buccal and the lingual bone walls around the implant were reduced; even the osseointegration could be in part lost following bone modeling.

We present the results of a first systematic, taphonomic, and palaeoecological study of the small mammals from Levels 1 to 8 of El Harhoura 2. The absence of bone sorting and polishing, as well as the presence of significant traces of digestion indicate that the small mammal bones were accumulated in the cave by predators and that no water transport occurred.

She said the absence of bones suggested that the crew had been taken as slaves.

One set of remains showed osteological evidence of advanced lepromatous leprosy, but the absence of bones from the lower limbs precluded definitive diagnosis.

"The fact that the two sets of bones lay relatively close to each other, and the absence of bones in the southern and western parts of the town, suggests that a lot of the inhabitants took refuge in this part of Colchester," he said.

Despite the many advances in the treatment of advanced cancer over recent decades, skeletal morbidity remains a major clinical problem with annual fracture rates of 20 40% and the occurrence of a significant skeletal complication every 3 6 months in the absence of bone-targeted therapies, such as bisphosphonates (Brown et al, 2005).

At present, it is not clear to what extent the difference in bone density seen between AIs and tamoxifen is due to their direct effect on bone or to the absence of the bone preservation effect of tamoxifen.