ventrad

American  

[ven-trad] / ˈvɛn træd /

adverb

Anatomy, Zoology.

1. toward the ventral side; ventrally.

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Etymology

Origin of ventrad

First recorded in 1840–50; ventr- + -ad ³

Example Sentences

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ventrad

Lying at a considerable distance ventrad to the main body of the section, are seen the two sections of the small intestine, i, surrounded by irregular strands of tissue from the umbilicus.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Instead of lying almost entirely ventrad to the lungs, as in the preceding figure, the oesophagus here lies directly between them.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

The trachea, ta, opens, except for this membrane, into the pharynx a short distance back of the transverse, dorsal and ventral folds mentioned above, and almost directly ventrad to the posterior nares.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

From the ventral wall of the large intestine, at a point about one-third the distance from the cloaca to the caecum, projects ventrad and cephalad the stalk of the allantois, al.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Hypognathous: having the mouth parts directed more or less vertically ventrad.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.