cephalad
Britishadverb
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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 Reese, C. M.
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 Reese, C. M.
Amnion cavity: a tube-like insinking from the ventral plate of the embryo, extending cephalad.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
It is of elongated, pyriform outline, with the pointed end extending cephalad.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
The ventral end of the entodermal wall is fused with the wall of a small cavity, li, which may be traced several sections cephalad to this plane.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
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