Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In herpetology, the transverse bone of the skull: more fully called
os transversum . Seetransverse , a., 5 (with cut).
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Examples
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Diaphragma titillant, quia transversum et nervosum, quia titillatione moto sensu atque arteriis distentis, spiritus inde latera, venas, os, oculos occupant.
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Cor vero vicinitatis ratione una afficitur, acceptum transversum ac stomachus cum dorsali spina, &c.
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_Abdomen_ transversum, thorace paullo latius, valde brevius.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_Caput_ transversum; facies lata, plana, non obliqua.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_Caput_ transversum, thorace paullo angustius; facies valde obliqua.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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The Transverse Colon (colon transversum) the longest and most movable part of the colon, passes with a downward convexity from the right hypochondriac region across the abdomen, opposite the confines of the epigastric and umbilical zones, into the left hypochondriac region, where it curves sharply on itself beneath the lower end of the spleen, forming the left colic (splenic) flexure.
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By the fifth or sixth week this body forms an elongated spindle-shaped structure, termed the urogenital fold (Fig. 1106), which projects into the celomic cavity at the side of the dorsal mesentery, reaching from the septum transversum in front to the fifth lumbar segment behind; in this fold the reproductive glands are developed.
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Transverse Crural Ligament (ligamentum transversum cruris; upper part of anterior annular ligament) (Fig. 441).
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In the ampullæ the wall is thickened, and projects into the cavity as a fiddle-shaped, transversely placed elevation, the septum transversum, in which the nerves end.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth 1918
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The Transverse Metacarpal Ligament (ligamentum capitulorum [oss. metacarpalium] transversum) (Fig. 337).
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