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

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Example Sentences

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ventrad

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 C. M. Reese

Winter pelage comes in first on the rump and spreads caudad and ventrad.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by James S. Findley

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

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 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 C. M. Reese

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