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ARTICULAR FACET [3 records]

Record 1 1994-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
OBS

facet syndrome : A form of osteo-arthritis in which the articular facets of the spinal vertebrae are mainly affected.

OBS

Clinical features of patients with pain stemming from the lumbar zygapophysical joints : is the lumbar facet syndrome a clinical entity? [In Spine : (Philadelphia, PA. 1976), 1994, 19 (10) 1132-1137, cited in Pascal data base.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
OBS

Notre expérience de quatre ans de dénervation percutanée radio-fréquence des facettes articulaires lombaires. (In Lyon Méditerranée médical. Médecine du sud-est, 1994, 30 (5) 1586-1589, cité dans la base de données PASCAL.)

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A narrow articular facet on the medial edge of the patella for the lateral margin of the medial condyle of the femur in extreme flexion.

OBS

facet. A small, smooth, flat surface, often rounded on a hard structure such as bone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
OBS

épine. Nom donné à certaines apophyses ou éminences osseuses très saillantes.

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A ligament pit is a] centrally placed depression on [the] dorsal side of [the] transverse ridge on [the] articular facet of a ray plate [in a crinoid]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) une fossette ligamentaire externe, une fossette ligamentaire (ou musculaire) externe, et une ride articulaire intermédiaire.

Spanish

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