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caudad

British  
/ ˈkɔːdæd /

adverb

  1. anatomy towards the tail or posterior part Compare cephalad

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of caudad

C19: from cauda + -ad ²


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Figure 7G, the last of this series, represents a section through the cloaca, caudad to the urinary openings, in the plane 1060 of figure 7.

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

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

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

The molt patch extends caudad toward the tail and cephalad toward the chin.

From Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] by E. W. Jameson

From this diverticulum the duodenum, d, leads caudad and laterad for a short distance as a narrow tube, then suddenly expands into the widest part of the entire intestine.

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

In this region, which is just caudad to the otic vesicles, the pharynx has still its rectangular outline, and its walls are of the same character as in the preceding figure.

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

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