Sentence examples for the posterior processes from inspiring English sources

We conclude that the posterior processes of the elongated and hyperelongated cervical ribs of the three sauropod taxa represent ossified tendons, which has not previously been recognized.

Comparison with ossified tendons of hadrosaurs, birds and other dinosaurs [ 23] unequivocally indicates the posterior processes of the cervical ribs of Mamenchisaurus sp., B. brancai and cf. Diplodocus sp., are ossified tendons.

The updated distribution of the stability boundary is used to determine the posterior process damping coefficient value.

Fracture of the lateral tubercle of the posterior process of the talus (arrow) Fig. 5 Lisfranc fracture-dislocation. a AP view of the foot with widening of the space between the first and second metatarsal bases (arrowheads).

As another example, it may be challenging to distinguish between the os trigonum and a fracture of the lateral tubercle of the posterior process of the talus, the so-called Shepherd's fracture [25, 26].

The Shepherd fracture is named after the Canadian surgeon Francis Shepherd and refers to a fracture of the lateral tubercle of the posterior process of the talus Fig. 4 [26], typically resulting from ankle inversion, forced plantar flexion, or direct compression injury in which the posterior talofibular ligament avulses the tubercle [27].

With the nail holes in the frontal plane, a lateral view was taken with the image intensifier to confirm that the position of the most proximal of the distal holes was at the level of the posterior process of the talus.

Ventral to this contact the dentary is broken, missing the posterior process of the surangular contact.

Dorsal to the posterior process the maxilla is strongly deflected medially, but this could be a preservational artifact.

The posterior process fits on a deep groove on the anterolateral surface of the frontal (Figure 3D).

The posterior process of the jugal is split into two quadratojugal prongs that fit tongue-in-groove with the anterior ramus of the quadratojugal (Figure 6).