notochord
noun
a rodlike cord of cells that forms the chief axial supporting structure of the body of the lower chordates, as amphioxus and the cyclostomes, and of the embryos of the vertebrates.
notochordal
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a word derived from
notochord.
Example Sentences
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I. is the intestine, coe. the coelom, s.c. the spinal cord; n.c. the notochord, surrounded by n.s., the notochordal sheath, ao. is the dorsal aorta.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Cartilaginous neural arches and spines, formed outside the notochordal sheath, enclose the spinal cord in an arcade.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The rounded intercentrum in both is an incomplete ring enclosing the notochordal canal.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton
Because this diverticulum has the vacuolated appearance of the notochordal tissue of higher animals, it has been regarded as a notochord.
From Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 by Various
In posterior view the notochordal canal and foramen magnum are confluent with each other, and of great size relative to the skull as a whole.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton
