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ventral

/ven-truhl/US // ˈvɛn trəl //UK // (ˈvɛntrəl) //

腹侧,腹股沟,腹部,腹腔

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
    • : Anatomy, Zoology. situated on or toward the lower, abdominal plane of the body; equivalent to the front, or anterior, in humans.Compare dorsal.
    • : Botany, Mycology. of or designating the lower or inner surface of a structure.

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Examples

  • If the ventral striatum isn’t functioning correctly, it may contribute to depression.

  • The type of baculum in Spermophilus is spoonshaped with a ventral process that is spinelike or keellike.

  • In having a keel on the ventral surface of the tip, the baculum of Tamias is comparable to that of Spermophilus.

  • The book-lungs openings are found on the ventral surface of the first abdominal segment, as is also the epigynum.

  • This body has deep pits both on the dorsal and ventral sides near the base.

  • In the ventral cord no small fibrils were seen only rather small fibers which may have been fibrils.