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ventral

[ven-truhl] / ˈvɛn trəl /
ADJECTIVE
abdominal
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It is called the ventral hippocampus, which is responsible for learning, emotions, fear and memory.

From Salon Feb. 22, 2025

Employing patch-clamp electrophysiology, researchers elucidated changes in neuronal excitability in the medial habenula and ventral tegmental area based on nicotine dosage and sex.

From Science Daily Feb. 13, 2024

The Walcott-Rust fossils, however, had preserved ventral structures including the sternites and limbs.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2023

“While enrolled trilobite fossils are really common, we don’t have any of the ventral soft tissue preserved,” said Sarah Losso, a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard University who specializes in trilobite evolution.

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2023

Dorsal Closure.—The germ band evidently marks the ventral aspect of the developing insect, whose body must be completed by the extension of the embryo so as to enclose the yolk dorsally.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various




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