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dorsiventral

/dawr-suh-ven-truhl/US // ˌdɔr səˈvɛn trəl //UK // (ˌdɔːsɪˈvɛntrəl) //

背面,背侧,背面朝下,背面的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
    • : Zoology. dorsoventral.

Examples

  • They act on organs which exhibit all degrees of physiological differentiation, from the radial to the dorsiventral.

  • Thick lines represent the more excitable side of an anisotropic or dorsiventral organ.

  • We shall presently find that a dorsiventral organ responds to lateral stimulus by torsion.

  • A stimulus will be called lateral when it acts on either the right or left flank of a dorsiventral organ.

  • Lateral stimulus induces a torsional response in a dorsiventral organ.