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caudal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Caudal may
refer to:
Caudal (anatomical term) (from
Latin cauda; tail), used to
describe how
close something...
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Caudal vertebrae are the
vertebrae of the tail in many vertebrates. In birds, the last few
caudal vertebrae fuse into the pygostyle, and in apes, including...
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water to
generate thrust and help the fish swim.
Apart from the tail or
caudal fin, fish fins have no
direct connection with the back bone and are supported...
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Caudal duplication, (or
caudal duplication syndrome) is a rare
congenital disorder in
which various structures of the
caudal region,
embryonic cloaca,...
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Caudal regression syndrome, or
sacral agenesis (or
hypoplasia of the sacrum), is a rare
birth defect. It is a
congenital disorder in
which the
fetal development...
- that is
nearer to the head, and
inferior (from
Latin inferus 'below') or
caudal describes what is below, and
nearer to the feet.
Examples are the superior...
- The
caudal artery is the
portion of the
dorsal aorta of a
vertebrate that p****es into the tail. It is
analogous to the
median sacral artery in humans....
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Caudal luring is a form of
aggressive mimicry characterized by the
waving or
wriggling of the predator's tail to
attract prey. This
movement attracts small...
- body part ****ociated with or
proximal to the tail are
given the
adjective "
caudal" (which is
considered a more
precise anatomical terminology).
Animal tails...
- also
called the
caudal genital ligament, are
embryonic structures which begin as
undifferentiated mesenchyme attaching to the
caudal end of the gonads...
