Sentence examples for unit in the phalanx from inspiring English sources

Alexander's core unit in the phalanx was the syntagma, normally 16 men deep.

Leonidas points out that his hunched back means Ephialtes cannot lift his shield high enough to fight in the phalanx.

Like the femur and tibia, three LAGs are preserved in the phalanx.

The chief military units in the ancient classical world were the phalanx of the Greeks and the legion of the Romans.

Colonel Macgregor, something of a cult figure among Army reformers, argues in "Breaking the Phalanx" that the Army should do away with its divisional structure (which dates back to Napoleon) and reorganize into smaller combat units that can move quickly and fight alongside elements of the other services.

The skin probe was placed at the dorsal thenar site of the left hand in between the phalanx of the thumb and metatarsal bone of the 2nd digit.

The most apparent differences were observed in the distal phalanx and proximal phalanx joints.

Dynamic reconstruction techniques use a local musculotendinous unit to prevent deviation of the phalanx when the thumb is placed under stress [40].

In the 4th century BC, the Romans abandoned the phalanx in favour of the more flexible manipular formation.

These were later replaced by the Phalanx close-in weapon system.

Hypertrophy of the toe was observed in 1 child with extra-articular osteoid osteoma in the distal phalanx with slight over growth (2 mm) of the distal phalanx.