单词 | phalangeal |
释义 | phalangealadj.n. Anatomy and Zoology. A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or designating the phalanges of the digits (phalanx n. 4a). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > [adjective] > bones of fingers or toes phalangal1822 phalangic1822 phalangeal1828 phalangar1847 phalangian1848 phalangial1856 phalangiform1858 phalangean1882 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 155 Its anterior or phalangeal extremity is called the head. 1829 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 119 259 The remaining tarsal bones slope downwards at nearly a right-angular inclination to join the metatarsal bones, whose obliquity is still downwards, until they rest on their phalangeal extremities. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. iv. 177 The disease involves the last phalangeal joint or bone. 1928 Amer. Naturalist 62 423 This newly established rule is also observed in the correlations of the phalangeal bones of birds. 1990 Jrnl. Zool. 222 561 Subadults were distinguished by their pelage and phalangeal epiphyses. 1998 Esquire Apr. 134/1 The poll's design minimizes the risk of phalangeal trauma to the opposable digit of the nail hand. 2. Of or relating to the phalanges of the organ of Corti (phalanx n. 4b); spec. designating the cells and cell processes that form the phalanges. ΚΠ 1873 H. Power tr. W. Waldeyer in Stricker's Man. Human & Compar. Histol. III. iv. 166 The phalangeal frames [Ger. Phalangenrahmen] are occupied by a delicate membrane. 1882 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 9) II. 464 A fine cuticular process..is attached above to one of the so-called phalanges of the reticular lamina, and is known as the phalangeal process. 1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1312 The innermost row of phalanges consists of the phalangeal processes of the outer rods of Corti. 1978 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 75 4583/1 Adjacent phalangeal cells and processes often exhibit tight junctions with each other in the basal hair regions. 2002 Internat. Jrnl. Developmental Neurosci. 20 537 The inner hair cells expressed all three neurotrophins; BDNF [= brain-derived neurotrophic factor] prevailed in the inner phalangeal cells. B. n. = phalanx n. 4a. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > [noun] > bones of fingers or toes internode1657 internodium1664 phalanx1684 phalange1688 ungual phalanx1834 phalangeal1849 1849 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 139 282 The femur, tibia, fibula, metatarsals, phalangeals, and ungueals, have long since been discovered and determined. 1921 Brit. Mus. Return 147 Two vertebræ and two phalangeals of a Plesiosaurian..from the Portland Stone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1828 |
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