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dorsal

[dawr-suhl] / ˈdɔr səl /


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Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Bombay Night frogs in Dorsal straddle: a new amplexus mode in frogs.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2016

Figure 14.26 Ventral and Dorsal Visual Streams From the primary visual cortex in the occipital lobe, visual processing continues in two streams—one into the temporal lobe and one into the parietal lobe.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Figure 13.19 Dorsal Root Ganglion The cell bodies of sensory neurons, which are unipolar neurons by shape, are seen in this photomicrograph.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Dorsal musculature of the neck, visible as the nuchal shield is removed.

From Scientific American • May 24, 2012

Dorsal papillae with a membranous expansion; male and female apertures at some distance from each other; pelagic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various




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