cephalic pole

pole (pōl)

1. either extremity of any axis, as of the fetal ellipse or a body organ.

2. either one of two points which have opposite physical qualities.po´lar

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animal pole 

1. the site of an oocyte to which the nucleus is approximated, and from which the polar bodies pinch off.

2. in nonmammalian species, the pole of an egg less heavily laden with yolk than the vegetal pole and exhibiting faster cell division.

cephalic pole  the end of the fetal ellipse at which the head of the fetus is situated.

frontal pole of cerebral hemisphere  the most prominent part of the anterior end of each hemisphere.

germinal pole  animal p.

occipital pole of cerebral hemisphere  the posterior end of the occipital lobe.

pelvic pole  the end of the fetal ellipse at which the breech of the fetus is situated.

temporal pole of cerebral hemisphere  the prominent anterior end of the temporal lobe.

vegetal pole  that pole of an oocyte at which the greater amount of food yolk is deposited.

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cephalic pole

n.

The head end of the fetus.