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61ventral groove — (Order Leptostraca): Elongate median line between thoracopod bases on ventral side of thorax. Food is trapped by thoracopods, passed anteriorly along ventral groove, and transferred to mouth. (Syn. food groove) [Stachowitsch, 1992] …
62ventral column — noun : either of a pair of gray columns situated one on each side in the ventral aspect of the spinal column and containing neurons that give rise to motor fibers of the ventral roots of spinal nerves …
63ventral sinus — noun : a cavity of the abdomen of an insect between the ventral diaphragm and the ventral body wall …
64Ventral segment — Segment Seg ment, n. [L. segmentum, fr. secare to cut, cut off: cf. F. segment. See {Saw} a cutting instrument.] 1. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a… …
65ventral segment — Loop Loop, n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. lub loop, noose, fold, thong, bend, lub to bend, incline.] 1. A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as …
66Ventral scales — In snakes, the ventral scales, or gastrosteges, are the enlarged scales that extend down the underside of the bodyMallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger… …
67Ventral respiratory group — The ventral respiratory group (VRG) is a column of neurons located in the ventrolateral region of the medulla, extending from the caudal facial nucleus to 400μm obex. The four cell groups of the VRG are the rostral nucleus retrofacialis, caudal… …
68ventral photophores — a row of light organs along the abdomen on either side of the midventral line between the ventral and anal fins in Myctophidae. Abbreviated VO …
69ventral stripe — a series of melanophores just ventral to the myotomes …
70ventral pharyngeal gland — see pharyngeal gland, ventral …
