cephalad
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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It is just cephalad to the anterior end of the pharynx and to the hypophysis.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
This area of molt then spreads cephalad and caudad.
From Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] by Jameson, E. W.
The molt patch extends caudad toward the tail and cephalad toward the chin.
From Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] by Jameson, E. W.
From the posterior intestinal portal the intestine extends straight cephalad to the posterior end of the stomach, dorsal to which it forms a double loop, a wider one, lp3, and a narrow one, lp4.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
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 Reese, C. M.
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