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

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

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by James S. Findley

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 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

Filling the greater part of the body cavity, below the oesophagus and lung rudiments, is the liver, li; and ventrad to the liver the section passes through a loop of the duodenum, d.

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

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 C. M. Reese