That fish has a ventral fin that helps it stabilize in the water. From LearnThat.org.
The ventral aspect of the human body. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The color stream in blue, is also called the ventral stream or the “what” stream. From Wordnik.com. [The Two-Streams Hypothesis] Reference
The whales have a special stretchy tissue attached to their jaws called ventral groove blubber. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Recent research has linked a specific region of the hippocampus, called the ventral hippocampus (vHPC), with anxiety-related behaviors. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
View larger image » An omphalocele is a birth defect known as a ventral wall defect, which involves the abdominal (belly) area of the fetus. From Wordnik.com. [Omphalocele] Reference
They found robust activity in a brain region called the ventral tegmental area, which is rich in dopamine, a brain chemical connected to feelings of pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Love Alive] Reference
One pathway, known as the ventral route, is direct and efficient: We see a group of letters, convert those letters into a word and then directly grasp the word's meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Kant on a Kindle?] Reference
By gastromancy, which kind of ventral fatiloquency was for a long time together used in Ferrara by Lady Giacoma Rodogina, the Engastrimythian prophetess. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
The more 'ventral' (or 'anterior') daughter cells 4d. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
By gastromancy, which kind of ventral fatiloquency was for a long time together used in Ferrara by Lady Giacoma Rodogina, the. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3] Reference
Place the pectoral and ventral fins flat against the body. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
Epigastrium: the first entire ventral sclerite of the abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Secure the animal to the operating table ventral surface uppermost. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Do not cut off the ventral fin on the side which is to be displayed. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
On another line of thought the sternum is a ventral vertebral column. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Medio-ventral line: in caterpillars, extends along middle of under side. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Antero-ventral: Diptera; applied to leg bristles at the meeting of anterior and ventral face. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Amnion cavity: a tube-like insinking from the ventral plate of the embryo, extending cephalad. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Grain is oblong, obtusely trigonous, or concavo-convex, red-brown and rugulose on the ventral side. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The pleuro-peritoneal or body-cavity was formed as a split in the "ventral plates" of the mesoderm. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Metasternal epimera: small sclerite separating the metasternal episterna from the ventral segments. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Abdomen with a white band at the base, and with another on the fifth segment, and with white ventral bands. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
The dorsal tube is formed by the two animal layers, the ventral tube by all the layers combined (see Fig. 7). From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Latero-ventral metathoracic carina: in Odonata; forms the dividing line between the metepimera and the metasternum. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Ambulatorial setae: specialized hairs or bristles, situated on the ventral segments of the abdomen of some Coleoptera. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
From the ventral surface of the collar nerve-tube numerous motor fibres may be seen passing to the subjacent musculature. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
In the head he distinguished two tubes, the upper formed by the dorsal plates, the lower by the ventral or visceral plates. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
A primitive streak is formed on the ventral surface of the yolk; development proceeds symmetrically on both sides of the streak. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The ventral fin which is uppermost as the fish lies on its side and is not to show, should be carefully cut off outside the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
Metacoxal plate: in Coccinellidae, that portion of the first ventral segment included above the ventral lines visible on that segment. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
According to Stanford's Shiv, prior research shows that people with increased sensitivity in their ventral striatum are often extroverted. From Wordnik.com. [The Impulsive Deciders] Reference
Odonata, in the plural, one or two pairs of lateral processes of the male genitalia on the ventral surface of the second abdominal segment. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
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