cephalad
Britishadverb
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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
The allantois, al, extends cephalad for some distance from the floor of the cloaca.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
Lying to one side of the stomach and duodenum, and extending cephalad beyond the end of the lung rudiment is the liver, li, whose outline is only roughly shown here by the broken line.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
It opens into the side rather than into the end of the duodenum, which projects cephalad as a short blind pouch, d.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
Its lumen is very large in its caudal region, figure 5I, pag, and tapers gradually cephalad until it disappears.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
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