cephalad
Britishadverb
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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
The lungs, whose structure will be shown in the sections of this stage, are large, irregular bodies, extending about equal distances cephalad and caudad to their openings into the 15 bronchi.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
Amnion cavity: a tube-like insinking from the ventral plate of the embryo, extending cephalad.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
In the region represented by this figure the connective tissue layers of the trachea and oesophagus are continuous with each other, but cephalad and caudad to this point they are distinct, though sometimes in contact.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
It passes through that region of the enteron, ph, which may be called the pre-oral gut, since it lies cephalad to the now open mouth.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
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