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UK
/vˈɛntɹəl/
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[ US /ˈvɛntɹəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈvɛntɹəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)
ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped
the ventral aspect of the human body
the liver is somewhat ventral in position -
nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface
How To Use ventral In A Sentence
- There is no suggestion of a pronounced twist in the ventral margin of the jaw of Hynerpeton like that seen in Densignathus.
- Ribs are straight or slightly biconcave and fade on the ventral surface where they merge into the lateral keel.
- Their bodies are not distinctly segmented, but an important feature of their anatomy is the carapace, a folded shell-like structure which covers the animal and opens both ventrally and posteriorly.
- If the ventral curvature of tail is real, then that, in concert with its extremely narrow scaupulae, suggests that a more appropriate functional analog would be found in arboreal chameleons.
- In contrast, a strongly obtuse apical angle is associated with an incurved ventral beak that is appressed to the dorsal umbo, resulting in the delthyrium being partly obscured.
- The medial stripe, nearest the midline, which becomes the ventral region of the neural tube, gives rise to motor neurons, whereas the lateral stripes give rise to interneurons and sensory neurons.
- IAI and Cyclone Aviation Products Ltd in Carmiel manufacture the ventral fins, rudders, horizontal stabilisers and engine access doors.
- Hippocampus severnsi is distinguished from congeners in having a combination of: extremely small size (height 13 mm, standard length 15 mm); 12 trunk rings; 27 tail rings; reduced ossification of inferior and ventral trunk ridges; 14 dorsal fin rays; 10 pectoral fin rays; anal fin small or absent; medium length snout which lacks a bulbous tip; raised, angular coronet; single gill opening on midline directly behind coronet supported by raised cleithral bone; scattered tubercles on trunk and tail; predominant colour dark brown (sometimes slightly marbled) with large, bright red patch covering dorsolateral surfaces of trunk rings 1-4; tiny white dots scattered all over; pale posterior section of tail with dark transverse bands. Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS)
- Cauda long, flexed ventrally in arch("U" shape), its tip not extending below the margin of the ostium.
- The first ventral arm plate is pentagonal with the lateral edges raised forming a boundary lip to the second oral tentacle pores.