subjacent

From the ventral surface of the collar nerve-tube numerous motor fibres may be seen passing to the subjacent musculature.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

Now with a churn-staff, beat it till the thick substance just mentioned, be intimately blended with the subjacent fluid.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton

The subjacent rocks consist of alternations of black slate, limestone, and serpentine.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

Their descendants gain the subjacent zone, and so the process goes on.

From The Industries of Animals by Frédéric Houssay

In from twenty-four to forty-eight hours a quantity of the germinating threads had bored through the walls and penetrated amongst the subjacent cells.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke