chordanoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɔː.də/us/ˈkɔːr.də/plural chordae specializeda tendon (= a strong band of fibres that connects muscles to bones)
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- alveolus
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- hormonal
- lymph vessel
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- platysma
- vitreous humour
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- A little later, however, it shows a quite flat, groove-like depression in the middle line of the embryonic shield, directly under the chorda.
- A very rudimentary skull is developed at the foremost end of their chorda.
- In the middle part of the body this division has already taken place by the construction of the chorda between the dorsal nerve-tube and the ventral canal.
- It undergoes a fatty degeneration, and disappears with the chorda dorsalis.