Definition of parasagittal in English:
parasagittal
adjective ˌparəˈsadʒɪt(ə)lˌperəˈsajədl
Anatomy Relating to or situated in a plane adjacent or parallel to the plane which divides the body into right and left halves.
Example sentencesExamples
- The degree of atrophy is much more profound in the parasagittal cortex, and is particularly severe in the frontal region of this hemisphere.
- One patient, a 74-year-old woman with AD, had thrombosis of her superior sagittal sinus producing bilateral parasagittal regions of extensive hemorrhagic necrosis.
- This information then is superimposed on enlargements of parasagittal sections adapted from a standard human brain atlas.
- The distal radial expansion therefore restricts movement of the carpus on the antebrachium largely to the parasagittal plane.
- The ancestral dinosaur took this a step further by forcing its hindlimbs under the body with an interned femoral head, constraining hindlimb movement to the parasagittal plane.
Derivatives
adverb
Anatomy Further evidence of propaliny in Edaphosaurus is found on the wear facets of its teeth, which bear parasagittally aligned microstriations that are reminiscent of those reported by Rybczynski and Reisz for Suminia.
Example sentencesExamples
- Girdle elements were measured parasagittally from the glenoid/acetabulum to the farthest anterior or posterior extent of each element.