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labrum

[′lā·brəm]
(invertebrate zoology)
The upper lip of certain arthropods, lying in front of or above the mandibles.
The outer edge of a gastropod shell.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The labrum is the soft tissue situated between the humerus and the glenoid and helps stabilize the shoulder.
The labrum is a fibrocartilaginous structure attached to the peripheral acetabulum.
The hyaline articular cartilage of the glenoid extends under and undercuts the base of the labrum. At MRI, this produces a linear area of increased signal intensity that may resemble a tear.
Sometimes an arthroscopic hip specialist can either repair the labrum or remove the tear.
Labrum: Presenta un color cafe claro, area promedio de 0.7 ([+ o -] 0.01 [mm.sup.2]), mas ancho que largo, con los angulos anteriores redondeados, esta cubierto en la mayoria de su superficie con setas cortas de color negro, a excepcion de la base de este.
The labrum was identified and found to have an anterolateral bucket-handle displaced tear with associated chondral flap (Fig.
The continuous effect of this chronic outward shear stress could lead to hypertrophy of the acetabular labrum, and secondary damage to the acetabular cartilage connected to the labrum.
El genero Iresia Dejean 1831 tiene especies muy parecidas a las de Langea, pero esta es distinguible por su labrum con 7 dientes y con 6 setas, el primer segmento del palpo labial expandido y en las hembras por la muesca del quinto segmento abdominal bajo el cuarto segmento.
The excess bone can impinge against the cartilage and labrum (a tough band of cartilage that surrounds the rim of the hip socket), causing them to tear.
Finn Balor was forced to vacate his newly won WWE Universal Championship on Monday (Tuesday Manila time) after suffering a torn labrum in his right shoulder.
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