caudad
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of caudad
C19: from cauda + -ad ²
Example Sentences
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In the most posterior of these four sections of the tail, beginning slightly caudad to the section here shown, is seen a small cavity which may be called the post-anal gut, pag.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
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 C. M. Reese
The lungs, whose structure will be shown in the sections of this stage, are large, irregular bodies, extending about equal distances cephalad and caudad to their openings into the 15 bronchi.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
A series of transverse sections caudad to the preceding.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
The lumen may, in this embryo, be traced for only a few sections, caudad to which the thyroid is seen as a small, solid mass of cells unattached to the oral groove.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
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