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cephalad

British  
/ ˈsɛfəˌlæd /

adverb

  1. anatomy towards the head or anterior part Compare caudad

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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.

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.

It opens into the side rather than into the end of the duodenum, which projects cephalad as a short blind pouch, d.

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

It passes through that region of the enteron, ph, which may be called the pre-oral gut, since it lies cephalad to the now open mouth.

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.

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