cephalocaudal

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cephalocaudal

[sef′əlōkô′dəl]

Etymology: Gk, kephale + L, cauda, tail

pertaining to the long axis of the body, or the relationship between the head and the base of the spine. Also called cephalocercal [sef′əlōsur′kəl] .

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cephalo- cephalocercal infant neonate newborn infant postmature infant postterm infant premature infant preterm infant primitive groove primitive streak term infant			Contraction and activation of the abdominal and anterior thoracic cage muscles may assist in stabilising the divided sternum, thereby achieving reductions of excessive motion in the anteroposterior and cephalocaudal planes during movement of the trunk. Trunk stabilisation exercises reduce sternal separation in chronic ... by Ansary, Doa El-; Waddington, Gordon; Adams, Roger / Australian Journal of Physiotherapy In the normal course of events, the bowel of the developing embryo herniates into the extraembryonic coelomic cavity, where it makes a 90[degrees] cephalocaudal rotation before returning into the intra-abdominal cavity and completing a 270[degrees] counterclockwise rotation. The vomiting infant: surgical causes of emesis by Anthony, Evelyn Y.; Chen, Michael Y.M. / Applied Radiology			Cephaelis Cephaelis spp cephal(o)- cephal- cephalad cephalad march cephalalgia cephalea agitata cephaledema cephalexin cephalgia cephalhematocele cephalhematoma cephalhydrocele cephalic cephalic flexure cephalic index cephalic pole cephalic presentation cephalic tetanus cephalic vein cephalic version cephalin cephalitis cephalo- cephalocaudal cephalocaudal axis cephalocele cephalocentesis cephalocercal cephalodactyly cephalodynia cephalogram cephalography cephalogyric cephalohematocele cephalohematoma cephalomegaly cephalomelus cephalomeningitis cephalometer cephalometric radiograph cephalometric skeletal analysis cephalometric tracing cephalometrics cephalometry cephalomotor Cephalomyia cephalonia cephalonium cephalopagus			cephalin cephalin cephalin Cephalina cephalins cephalins cephalins Cephalisation Cephalisation Cephalism cephalitis cephalitis cephalization cephalization Cephallenia Cephallenia Cephallenia Cephalo cephalo- cephalo- Cephalo-Iliac Left Cephalo-Iliac Right Cephalo-pelvic disproportion Cephalo-pelvic disproportion Cephalobaenida Cephalobidae Cephaloboidea Cephalocarid Cephalocarida Cephalocarids cephalocaudal cephalocaudal axis cephalocele cephalocele cephalocele cephalocentesis Cephalocercal Cephalocercal Cephalocereus Cephalocereus senilis Cephalochordata Cephalochordata cephalochordate cephalochordate Cephalochordates Cephalochordates cephalodactyly cephalodium cephalodynia Cephaloedis Cephaloedium cephaloglycin cephalogram cephalogram cephalogram cephalography cephalogyric cephalohematocele cephalohematoma cephalohematoma cephalohematoma

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