单词 | long bone |
释义 | > as lemmaslong bone long bone n. Anatomy and Zoology any of the bones of the skeleton whose length is their greatest dimension, and which typically consist of a slender cylindrical shaft (diaphysis) with wider ends (epiphyses); cf. short bone n. at short adj., n., and adv. Additions. ΚΠ 1697 R. Baker Cursus Osteologicus i. 5 The Ossification begins not in the same place of every Bone; in the long Bones it begins in the middle, and towards each end. 1765 R. Brookes Gen. Pract. Physic (ed. 5) I. 18 The cellular Substance is at the Extremities of the long Bones. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 431/1 The long bones..are never exactly cylindrical, being always contracted in the middle or shaft, and enlarged at each end. 1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. iii. 242 Examine a longitudinal section of a long bone during the process of ossification. 2003 H. Kiesewetter in D. Potts et al. Archaeol. United Arab Emirates 37/1 In most cases the skulls were oriented to the east and the long bones were placed in piles oriented east–west. < as lemmas |
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