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cephalic flexure

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n.

The sharp, ventrally concave bend in the developing midbrain of the embryo.cranial flexure mesencephalic flexure

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Words nearby cephalic flexure

cephalexin, cephalhematocele, cephalhematoma, cephalhydrocele, cephalic, cephalic flexure, cephalic index, cephalic pole, cephalic presentation, cephalic tetanus, cephalic vein

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Example sentences from the Web for cephalic flexure

Then the rivets were cut out similarly at the other point of contrary flexure and the joint opened.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
During the Bronze Age the cephalic index rises all over middle and western Europe.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
In the siphon recorder script dots and dashes are represented by curves of opposite flexure.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
I may here observe, that sometimes in the sexes a difference is also to be found in the direction or flexure of their antenn.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)|William Kirby

Beyond the mid-brain is placed the fore-brain, whose growth is rapidly rendering the cranial flexure imperceptible.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour

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