dorsal
adjective
of, relating to, or situated at the back, or dorsum.
dorsally
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a word derived from
dorsal.
Example Sentences
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One interesting difference between the nervous systems of invertebrates and vertebrates is that the nerve cords of many invertebrates are located ventrally whereas the vertebrate spinal cords are located dorsally.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Crustaceans have an open circulatory system where blood is pumped into the hemocoel by the dorsally located heart.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The video demonstrates a reflex called the Babinski reflex, in which the foot flexes dorsally and the toes splay out when the sole of the foot is lightly scratched.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Unlike most tetrapods, the bony nostrils of most sauropods are dorsally located: in diplodocoids they’re located right up over the eyes in a region you might term the forehead.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 20, 2012
Involucral leaves like the cauline but more equally lobed; perianth obovate, dorsally compressed, bilabiate, the mouth truncate, entire or toothed, decurved.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
