Article: frontal

Article: foregut
A Dictionary of Biology;      31 words ...foregut 1. The anterior region of the alimentary canal of vertebrates, up to the anterior part of the duodenum. 2. The anterior part of the alimentary canal of arthropods. See also hindgut ; midgut .

Article: ventral
A Dictionary of Nursing;      20 words ...ventral ( ven -trăl) adj. relating to or situated at or close to the front of the body or to the anterior part of an organ.

Article: frontal lobe
A Dictionary of Biology;      21 words ...frontal lobe The anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, which is associated with the higher mental functions, such as abstract thought.

Article: premaxilla
A Dictionary of Zoology;      22 words ...premaxilla The bone that forms the anterior part of the upper jaw. In Mammalia it bears the incisors ; in Aves it forms much of the upper bill.

Article: protosoma
A Dictionary of Zoology;      30 words ...protosoma 1. In invertebrates whose body is divided into sections (e.g. Lophophorata and Hemichordata ), the anterior part that lies in front of the mesosoma and the metasoma . 2. See ACARINA .

Article: proventriculus
A Dictionary of Biology;      27 words ...proventriculus 1. The anterior part of the stomach of a bird, where digestive enzymes are secreted. Food passes from the proventriculus to the gizzard . 2. See gastric mill .

Article: cerebrum
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      47 words ......x259;ˈrēbrəm; ˈserə- / • n. ( pl. -bra / -brə / ) Anat. the principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, located in the front area of the skull and consisting of two hemispheres, left and right, separated...

Article: epizoic
A Dictionary of Zoology;      16 words ...epizoic Applied to non-parasitic animals that attach themselves to the outer surface of other animals.

Article: frontal bone
A Dictionary of Zoology;      25 words ...frontal bone One of the pair of bones that covers the anterior part of the brain; in mammals it includes air cavities (frontal sinuses) linked to the nasal cavity .

Article: Kiesselbach's plexus
A Dictionary of Nursing;      44 words ...Kiesselbach's plexus ( kees -ĕl-bahks) n. a collection of capillaries in the mucosa at the anterior part of the nasal septum. Nosebleeds frequently have their origin from this plexus. See epistaxis , Little's area . [ W. Kiesselbach (1839–1902), German laryngologist]

Article: pubis
A Dictionary of Nursing;      33 words ...pubis ( pew -bis) n. (pl. pubes) a bone forming the lower and anterior part of each side of the hip bone (see also pelvis ). The two pubes meet at the front of the pelvis at the pubic symphysis . See also pubes .

Article: The spermatozoa of the one-palped spider Tidarren argo (Araneae, theridiidae).
Journal of Arachnology;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......flattened ribbon (Figs. 2, 3). Only the anterior part is more or less lens-shaped, containing...Fig. 3). In longitudinal sections the anterior part of the nucleus forms a triangle with...contains the acrosomal filament in its anterior part (Figs. 2, 3, 9). [FIGURES 2-4 &...

Article: ectoparasite
A Dictionary of Nursing;      19 words ...ectoparasite (ek-toh- pa -ră-syt) n. a parasite that lives on the outer surface of its host. Compare endoparasite .

Article: Tampon Outer Surface Having Increasing Number Of Written Identifiers To Indicate Absorbency: No. 7,166,101; Federica Denti and Beate Rosemarie Stellbrink, assignors to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Nonwovens Industry;  March 1, 2007 ;     165 words ...Tampon Outer Surface Having Increasing Number Of Written Identifiers To Indicate...patented. The array comprises a first tampon with an absorbent outer surface. The outer surface comprises an outer surface area and a first identifier with...