Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, situated in front (ventrad) of the spine; prevertebral.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Prevertebral.
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- adjective anatomy
prevertebral
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thus spinal transection, cutting off the hind-limb spinal reflexes from prespinal centers inflicts "shocks" on the extensor half-centre and produces "release" of the flexor half-centre.
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A ridge extends from the base of the prespinal lamina across the lateral face of the neural spine toward the expansion for the prezygopophysis.
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Cedarosaurus, Malarguesaurus and Andesaurus by possessing incipiently biconvex distal caudal vertebrae; anterior caudal neural arches with prespinal laminae and anterior and middle caudal vertebrae with ventral longitudinal hollows.
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Abbreviations: plc, pleurocoel; pcdl, posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; prel, prespinal lamina; spl, spino-prezygopophyseal lamina. doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0006190.g013
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