What does Osteal mean?
: of, relating to, or resembling bone also : affecting or involving bone or the skeleton.
What is the opposite of thumbed?
peruse. Verb. ▲ Opposite of to touch or feel with the fingers. ignore.
What does the term Pollex mean?
thumb
: the first digit of the forelimb : thumb.
What is ostial lad?
Abstract. Background: Ostial disease of the left anterior descending (LAD) or circumflex (LCX) coronary artery is a challenge for the interventionalist. Focal ostial stenting may result in incomplete lesion coverage or plaque shift into the adjacent vessel, creating left main equivalent disease.
Is Osteal a word?
os·te·al. adj. 1. Bony; osseous.
What is the synonym of thumbed?
glanced (at), looked over, scanned.
What is unique about the Pollex?
thumb, also called pollex, short, thick first digit of the human hand and of the lower-primate hand and foot. It differs from other digits in having only two phalanges (tubular bones of the fingers and toes). The thumb also differs in having much freedom of movement and being opposable to tips of other digits.
Which is longer the ring finger or the index finger?
Due to the hormone control, the index finger of most women is as long as, or even longer than the ring finger; for men, it is the opposite and most men have longer ring fingers than index fingers. The left-handed usually have a much longer ring finger than index finger. But there is exception.
Why is the second finger longer than the fourth?
Previous research has found that this “2D:4D” ratio — the ratio of the length of the second digit (the index finger) to that of the fourth digit (the ring finger) — reveals the amount of male hormones, mainly testosterone, a person is exposed to in the womb. The more testosterone, the longer the ring finger grows.
What happens to a man with a longer index finger?
Men with longer index finger tend to have a heart disease between 35 and 80 while men with longer ring finger between 58 and 80. Men of longer index finger than ring finger often have the homosexual tendency.
Is the 4th finger called the ring finger?
The 4th finger is also called the ring finger. This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Coolgirly88 at English Wikipedia. This applies worldwide. Imagine my surprise last week when I saw an article in Science that claimed “finger lengths can predict personality and health.”*