cephalad
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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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 Reese, C. M.
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.
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 Reese, C. M.
From the latter loop the intestine extends straight to the left, for a distance of about 10 mm., where it makes a small loop cephalad, lp2, and then opens to the yolk-sac, y.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
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 Reese, C. M.
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