cephalad
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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It extends caudad and dorsal about the same distance as the latter organ, but it extends ventrad and cephalad far beyond the boundaries of the stomach.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
Lying to one side of the stomach and duodenum, and extending cephalad beyond the end of the lung rudiment is the liver, li, whose outline is only roughly shown here by the broken line.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
From the latter loop the intestine extends straight to the left, for a distance of about 10 mm., where it makes a small loop cephalad, lp2, and then opens to the yolk-sac, y.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
This area of molt then spreads cephalad and caudad.
From Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] by Jameson, E. W.
In the region represented by this figure the connective tissue layers of the trachea and oesophagus are continuous with each other, but cephalad and caudad to this point they are distinct, though sometimes in contact.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
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