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ventrad

American  
[ven-trad] / ˈvɛn træd /

adverb

Anatomy, Zoology.
  1. toward the ventral side; ventrally.


Etymology

Origin of ventrad

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

Example Sentences

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

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

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 Reese, C. M.

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 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.

The mesoderm that extends ventrad from the mesentery, on each side of the entoderm just described, consists of a thick layer of compactly arranged cells.

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

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