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

While the trachea and bronchi lie ventrad to the oesophagus, the lungs lie laterad and even dorsad to the oesophagus and cardiac end of the stomach.

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

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 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.

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.

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 Reese, C. M.