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dorsal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Dorsal (from
Latin dorsum ‘back’) may
refer to:
Dorsal (anatomy), an
anatomical term of
location referring...
- A
dorsal slit (often
referred to in
anthropology as
superincision or supercision) is a
single incision along the
upper length of the **** from the...
- A
dorsal fin is a fin
located on the back of most
marine and
freshwater vertebrates within various taxa of the
animal kingdom. Many
species of animals...
- The
dorsal aortae are
paired (left and right)
embryological vessels which progress to form the
descending aorta. The
paired dorsal aortae arise from aortic...
- In
human male anatomy, the
dorsal veins of the **** are
blood vessels that
drain the
shaft (corpora cavernosa,
corpus spongiosum), the skin and the glans...
- embryology,
describe something at the back (
dorsal) or front/belly (ventral) of an organism. The
dorsal (from
Latin dorsum 'back')
surface of an organism...
- snakes, the
dorsal scales are the
longitudinal series of
plates that
encircle the body, but do not
include the
ventral scales. When
counting dorsal scales...
- A
dorsal root
ganglion (or
spinal ganglion; also
known as a
posterior root ganglion) is a
cluster of
neurons (a ganglion) in a
dorsal root of a spinal...
- The
dorsal venous network of the hand is a
venous network on the
dorsum (backside) of hand. It is
formed by the
dorsal metacarpal veins, a
dorsal digital...
- In
human anatomy, the
dorsal interossei (DI) are four
muscles in the back of the hand that act to
abduct (spread) the index, middle, and ring
fingers away...