haemal
Britishadjective
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of or relating to the blood or the blood vessels
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denoting or relating to the region of the body containing the heart
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A. Eighth cervical vertebra of Wild Duck viewed on haemal surface.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Darwin, Charles
Total height of neural arches ranges from 7.5 to 12.0 mm., and of haemal arches, from 9.0 to 12.0 mm.
From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan
Preservation is poorest in scales along the line of the neural and haemal arches; therefore lateral line scales are rarely preserved.
From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan
Counts of 10 and 16 haemal arches were obtained in two of the specimens.
From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan
Before throwing tail and hinder part of body away, note the myotomes of body wall, the notochord and vertebral body, neural canal, and, in the tail, the haemal canal.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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