ventrad
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of ventrad
Example Sentences
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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 C. M. Reese
Hypognathous: having the mouth parts directed more or less vertically ventrad.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
At some distance ventrad to the structures just described the intestine is cut, by the plane of the section, in two places, i.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
The loop of 19 the duodenum that, in the sections, is seen to lie directly ventrad to the gizzard, in the reconstruction is shown too much to the side of the latter organ.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
This cavity is a part of the system of hollow liver trabeculae seen as a group of irregular masses of cells ventrad to the enteron at the opening of the anterior intestinal portal.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
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