caudal

  • 51caudal pit — the notch in the dorsal or ventral profile of the caudal peduncle just before the caudal fin in certain sharks …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 52caudal scale — a modified terminal scale of the pored lateral line series found towards the medial base of the caudal fin in some Characidae, e.g. Landonia latidens). In some species it supports the caudal pouch …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 53caudal ramus — pl. rami (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) One of paired appendages, usually rodlike or bladelike, sometimes filamentous and multiarticular just anterior to the anal segment or telson; caudal filaments; caudal style; cercus; cercopod; furcal ramus; stylet …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 54caudal keel — noun A lateral ridge found just forward of the tail fin on the caudal peduncle of some types of fast swimming fish, that provides stability and support to the caudal fin …

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  • 55caudal appendage — In cirripeds, one of terminal, multiarticulate or uniarticulate, uniramous paired appendages, homologous with caudal furca of other crustaceans [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. (Subclass Cirripedia): One of terminal, multiarticulate or simple,… …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 56caudal style — See: caudal ramus [Martin, 2005]. See: caudal ramus [McLaughlin, 1980] …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 57caudal block — regional anesthesia produced by injection of a local anesthetic into the caudal or sacral canal. Called also caudal anesthesia …

    Medical dictionary

  • 58caudal eminence — a taillike eminence produced by a proliferating mass of mesodermal cells at the caudal end of the early vertebrate embryo; it is the remnant of the primitive node and the precursor of hindgut, adjacent notochord and somites, and the caudal part… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 59CAUDAL, ALE — adj. Qui a rapport à la queue. Nageoires caudales. Appendice caudal …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 60Caudal artery — The Caudal artery is the portion of the dorsal aorta of a vertebrate that passes into the tail.It is analogous to the median sacral artery in man.External links* [http://trc.ucdavis.edu/mjguinan/apc100/modules/Respiratory/gill/images/gill55.jpgExt… …

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