ventrad

American  

[ven-trad] / ˈvɛn træd /

adverb

Anatomy, Zoology.

1. toward the ventral side; ventrally.

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Etymology

Origin of ventrad

First recorded in 1840–50; ventr- + -ad ³

Example Sentences

The loop of 19 the duodenum that, in the sections, is seen to lie directly ventrad to the gizzard, in the reconstruction is shown too much to the side of the latter organ.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

This cavity is a part of the system of hollow liver trabeculae seen as a group of irregular masses of cells ventrad to the enteron at the opening of the anterior intestinal portal.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Filling the greater part of the body cavity, below the oesophagus and lung rudiments, is the liver, li; and ventrad to the liver the section passes through a loop of the duodenum, d.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Lying at a considerable distance ventrad to the main body of the section, are seen the two sections of the small intestine, i, surrounded by irregular strands of tissue from the umbilicus.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

While the trachea and bronchi lie ventrad to the oesophagus, the lungs lie laterad and even dorsad to the oesophagus and cardiac end of the stomach.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.