cephalad

/ ˈsɛfəˌlæd /

adverb

Its lumen is very large in its caudal region, figure 5I, pag, and tapers gradually cephalad until it disappears.

The allantois, al, extends cephalad for some distance from the floor of the cloaca.

It is of elongated, pyriform outline, with the pointed end extending cephalad.

It opens into the side rather than into the end of the duodenum, which projects cephalad as a short blind pouch, d.

Thorax constricted in the middle or cephalad of the middle; anterior tarsi each three-segmented.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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