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Example axes are: The
anteroposterior axis The
cephalocaudal axis The
dorsoventral axis
Examples of axes in
specific animals are
shown below. Anatomical...
- on skin
secretions and
wound exudates. They are
strikingly flattened dorsoventrally, no
doubt as an
adaptation for
slipping between the beavers' hairs....
- seagr****, not to the
color of its carapace,
which is
olive to black. The
dorsoventrally flattened body of C.
mydas is
covered by a large, teardrop-shaped carapace;...
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sideward displacement, of the tail.
During lordosis, the
spine curves dorsoventrally so that its apex
points towards the abdomen.
Lordosis is a
reflex action...
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laterally compressed,
whereas the
benthic forms are
often extremely dorsoventrally compressed (depressed),
often with
large upward-pointing mouths.[citation...
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shrimp is
applied to
smaller species,
particularly species that are
dorsoventrally depressed (wider than deep) with a
shorter rostrum. It is the only term...
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chitinous exoskeleton and
jointed limbs.
Isopods are
typically flattened dorsoventrally (broader than they are deep),
although many
species deviate from this...
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lamellae apart. A
muscle opens the
spiracle and
widens the
atrial chamber;
dorsoventral muscles contract to
compress the
pulmonary chamber,
forcing air out,...
- gas
exchange and
secretion of
metabolic compounds. Most
leaves show
dorsoventral anatomy: The
upper (adaxial) and
lower (abaxial)
surfaces have somewhat...
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Squat lobsters are
dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long
tails held
curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are
found in the two superfamilies...
