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dorsoventral
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dorsoventral /dor·so·ven·tral/ (-ven´tral)
1. pertaining to the back and belly surfaces of a body.
2. passing from the back to the belly surface.
dorsoventral
[dôr′sōven′trəl]
Etymology: L, dorsum, back, venter, belly
pertaining to the axis that passes through the back of the body and the abdomen.
dorsoventral [dor″so-ven´tral]
1. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral surfaces of a body.
2. directed from the back to the front; posteroanterior.
dorsoventral
1. pertaining to the back and belly surfaces of a body.
2. passing from the back to the belly surface.
dorsoventral view
in radiology, passage of the x-ray beam from the dorsum of the animal to the ventral side of the body.
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We assumed that the body form of Oniscolepis dentata, as that of other heterostracans who lived just above the bottom of nearshore epicontinental seas, was somewhat flattened dorsoventrally.
Late Silurian--early Devonian tessellated heterostracan Oniscolepis ... by Marss, Tiiu; Karatajute-Talimaa, Valentina / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
the changes in the shape from a lateral compressed pelagic larvae with long trailing pelvic fins to a dorsoventrally compressed head and body with much shorter pelvic fins as represented in some published illustrations) were quantified (Fahay, 1983; Caruso, 2002).
Transitions in the morphological features, habitat use, and diet of ... by Able, Kenneth W.; Clarke, Peter J.; Chambers, R. Christopher; Witting, David A. / Fishery Bulletin
1) Shape of caudal basibranchial: The basilbranchial (= urohyal) was flattened dorsoventrally (depressed) in some species, but slender, not depressed, in others.
Skeletal characters and the systematics of Estrildid finches (Aves: ... by Webster, J. Dan / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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