Definition of dorsoventral in English:
dorsoventral
adjectiveˌdɔːsə(ʊ)ˈvɛntr(ə)lˌdôrsōˈventrəl
Anatomy Biology Of, denoting, or extending along an axis joining the dorsal and ventral surfaces.
Example sentencesExamples
- In galloping, the epaxial and hypaxial muscles function to produce dorsoventral bending of the vertebral column, and muscles fire bilaterally and uniphasically.
- Contraction of dorsoventral muscles diminishes the space between dorsal and ventral cuticular trunk plates, increases the pressure in the small but liquid-filled body cavity, and last but not least protrudes the head.
- The tuning of the saccular afferent axons to dorsoventral vibrations is well matched to this spectrum.
- Each specimen was cut and polished along the median dorsoventral plane with a graded series of carborundum and diamond pastes.
- The nuclei are desynchronized along the dorsoventral axis with chromosome bridges.
Derivatives
adverb
Biology Anatomy The glenoid cavity is narrow and elongate dorsoventrally in the same plane as the limbs of the scapula.
Example sentencesExamples
- The skull is dorsoventrally flattened, and partly disarticulated.
- It is slightly twisted longitudinally, much thicker, and less flattened dorsoventrally than the other carpals.
- He presented an organism with dorsoventrally compressed oval body.
- The distal end is dorsoventrally flattened with a mildly convex and faintly bilobed articulation surface.