cephalad
Britishadverb
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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.
A slight variation in the above process occurred in some specimens in which the lateral strips joined immediately cephalad of the tail instead of at the center of the dorsum.
From Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] by Jameson, E. W.
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 Reese, C. M.
From the posterior intestinal portal the intestine extends straight cephalad to the posterior end of the stomach, dorsal to which it forms a double loop, a wider one, lp3, and a narrow one, lp4.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
The allantois, al, extends cephalad for some distance from the floor of the cloaca.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
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