ventrolateral
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Scientists now have concrete evidence that two groups of cells—the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus in the hypothalamus and the parafacial zone in the brain stem—are involved in prompting SWS.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2015
A narrow, sometimes broken white line is present on the ventrolateral edge of the forearm.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
Most males have brown flecks on the throat and ventrolateral gland, but some specimens are immaculate below, and one has dark brown mottling on the throat.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
A small nasal process also extends anteriorly from the ventrolateral surface of the prefrontal.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John
It outlines almost entirely the posterior border of the orbit, the ventrolateral portion of the cheek region, and the lateral border of the top of the skull behind the orbit.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
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