caudad

British  

/ ˈkɔːdæd /

adverb

1. anatomy towards the tail or posterior part Compare cephalad

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Etymology

Origin of caudad

C19: from _cauda + _-ad ²

Example Sentences

Figure 4G is about fifty-five sections caudad to the preceding figure, and passes through the middle region of the heart, ht.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Figure 4I is just four sections caudad to the preceding.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Lying between the anterior end of the duodenum and the posterior end of the stomach, and extending caudad for 10 to 15 mm., in the median plane of the animal is the pancreas, pan.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Followed caudad the lower of these tubes divides into the two bronchial rudiments, figure 5E, lu, which, in the embryo here figured, extend through nearly one hundred sections.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Two or three sections caudad to the one under discussion this tongue of cells loses its connection with the trachea, and the latter structure is entirely independent of the oesophagus.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.