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• The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision by creating a dorsal incision in the foreskin.From the entry circumcision
• Dorsal columns carry mechanoreceptor information ipsilaterally.From the entry ipsilaterally
• Trulleum A basin-shaped depression near the dorsal base of the mandible, close to its articulation.2016, Brian L. Fisher, Barry Bolton, Ants of Africa and Madagascar: A Guide to the Genera. From the entry trulleum
• Posterior to this, the precranial cavity first appears as a dorsal and a ventral opening.2015 October 22, “Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence…. From the entry precranial
• Humpies travel in schools on or near the surface, so the dorsal fin can be easily spotted.2011, Warren Miller, Lurching from One Near Disaster to the Next, →ISBN. From the entry humpie
• Dorsal spine curved slightly proximally and distally straight and slightly twisted anticlockwisely.2006, Špela Goričan et al., Catalogue and Systematics of Pliensbachian, Toarcian and Aalenian Radiolarian Genera and Species, ZRC…. From the entry anticlockwisely
• A cytoplasmic determinant for dorsal axis formation in an early embryo of Xenopus laevis.2000, David G. Drubin, Cell Polarity. From the entry cytoplasmic determinant
• Dorsa and ventral lobes of flagellomeres not symmetrical: ventral lobe slightly longer than dorsal lobe.1999, Judith E. Winston, Describing Species: Practical Taxonomic Procedure for Biologists, A fossil insect, a new woodgnat, Valesguya…. From the entry flagellomere
• The ling has a distinct tail and a small second dorsal fin.1997, Mark Kurlansky, “Chapter 2: With Mouth Wide Open”, in Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, Walker, →ISBN. From the entry gadiform
• On a hake, the forward dorsal fin becomes even more distinct.1997, Mark Kurlansky, “Chapter 2: With Mouth Wide Open”, in Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, Walker, →ISBN. From the entry gadiform
• The dorsal scutations and configurations of the cephalic plates are also different in the two species.1991, Mary E. Petersen, J. B. Kirkegaard, Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta. From the entry scutation
• The dorsal pelage is distinctly quadricoloured instead of tricoloured as in G. variegata.1968, Eugene Raymond Hall, J. R. Tamsitt, A New Subspecies of the Red Fig-eating Bat from Puerto Rico. From the entry quadricoloured
• Fieldmarks are its color, its forehead and a very much back-curving dorsal fin.1967, Eleanore Devine and Martha Clark, The Dolphin Smile: Twenty-nine Centuries of Dolphin Lore, Macmillan, page 240. From the entry fieldmark
• Dorsal ridge present specimens are somewhat more ovate (i.e. less subdeflected toward hinge above muscle spot.1950, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin - Geological Survey of Canada. From the entry subdeflected
• They wallowed lazily, nibbling bits of sea grass, their dorsal fins sometimes cutting through the water, sharklike.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 125. From the entry sharklike
• The sacci cervicales pneumatize the cervical and dorsal vertebræ and the ribs.1908, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, page 390. From the entry pneumatize
• Even unshielded, it would take antilithium or highmatter to cut through the adamantine plate on the dorsal hull.2020, Christopher Ruocchio, Demon In White: Book 3, Orion, →ISBN. From the entry antilithium
• The fingers have a pseudosclerodermatous appearance with scleroatrophy, often with contractures and sometimes with reticulate erythema on the dorsal surface.2015, Amy S. Paller, Anthony J. Mancini, Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology, page 116. From the entry reticulate
• Both the dorsal and subnarial processes are incomplete.2015 July 9, “Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from…. From the entry subnarial
• Haptor subtrapezoidal, with dorsal and ventral anteromedial lobes containing respective squamodiscs and lateral lobes having hook pairs 2–4, 6, 7.2015 August 12, Delane C. Kritsky, Micah D. Bakenhaster, Douglas H. Adams, “Pseudorhabdosynochus species (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae)…. From the entry subtrapezoidal
• However, in quail, increased VEGF signalling causes endocardial cell hyperplasia in the dorsal mesocardium region and affects heart development.2015 September 19, “TBX1 Represses Vegfr2 Gene Expression and Enhances the Cardiac Fate of VEGFR2+ Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry mesocardium
• The nuchal or postoccipital bone (sometimes considered as the first dorsal scute) is fused with the dermocranium behind the supraoccipital bone.2015 December 31, “Current Occurrence of the Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus in Northern Spain: A New Prospect for Sturgeon…. From the entry postoccipital
• Head holoptic, facets in dorsal half of eye enlarged.2015 July 27, Miroslav Barták, Štěpán Kubík, “Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera…. From the entry holoptic
• Now you see the dorsal bump and now you don’t.2013, Niall Griffiths, A Great Big Shining Star, London: Vintage Books, published 2014, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry nosejob
• The dorsal interossei are sometimes found to originate more proximal at the base of the metacarpals or even at the carpalia.2012, Jin Bo Tang, Peter C. Amadio, Jean Claude Guimberteau, Tendon Surgery of the Hand, page 10. From the entry carpale
• In this case the drop in cartilaginous dorsal height was helpful to deproject the nose, making dorsal cartilage excision unnecessary.2005, Calvin M. Johnson, Wyatt C. To, A Case Approach to Open Structure Rhinoplasty, →ISBN, page 453. From the entry deproject
• The slit-like pseudostome is hidden by the dorsal lip and an extension of the ventral shell wall (cryptostomy).2000, John J. Lee, Gordon F. Leedale, Phyllis Clarke Bradbury, An illustrated guide to the protozoa. From the entry cryptostomy
• Each follicle is provided with major vascular bundles, two ventral and one dorsal as in conduplicate carpels of other magnolioids.1993, Wilson Nichols Stewart, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants, page 468. From the entry magnolioid
• Crural bases have long dorsal and short ventral ends.1975: Polska Akademia Nauk Komitet Geologiczny, Acta Geologica Polonica, volume 25, page 118 (Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe). From the entry falciferous
• The dorsal is hardly convex; it is formed by a thick layer of dactylethrae closed by a thin calcareous lamella.1941, James H. McGuirt, Louisiana Tertiary Bryozoa, page 105. From the entry dactylethra
• Cuvier & Valenciennes state that the first ray of the dorsal of P. nigricans is prolonged in a filament.1918–1921: Carl H. Eigenmann, Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, volume VII, № 5, “The Pygidiidæ, a Family of South American Catfishes”, page…. From the entry lapsus digiti
• At a point 0·25 mm. from the beginning of the dorsal ray it divides into its two main branches.1914 July, Clayton Lane, “Bursate nematodes from the Indian elephant”, in Indian Journal of Medical Research, volume 2, number 1, page 395. From the entry thereafter
• The total length of the dorsal ray is 1·7 mm.1914 July, Clayton Lane, “Bursate nematodes from the Indian elephant”, in Indian Journal of Medical Research, volume 2, number 1, page 395. From the entry thereafter
• In this species, as in Nysius vinitor and delectus, the male and female copulate end to end, both dorsal and horizontal.1907, Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society: 1905-1908, page 146. From the entry recopulate
• Romanichthys, commonly known as the Romanian darter, is a very primitive cyprinid which has two dorsal fins and a covering of rough scales.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 122. From the entry cyprinid
• In this technique, the marmoset is placed in dorsal recumbency on the workstand and secured by its canine teeth and adjustable side bars.2018, Robert P. Marini, Lynn M. Wachtman, Suzette D. Tardif, The Common Marmoset in Captivity and Biomedical Research, page 181. From the entry workstand
• Like canonical GP cells, pallidocortical cell types are innervated by iSPNs and dSPNs of the dorsal striatum and glutamatergic inputs from STN.2016 February 24, “Globus Pallidus Externus Neurons Expressing parvalbumin Interconnect the Subthalamic Nucleus and Striatal…. From the entry pallidocortical
• Hind tibia slightly flattened, with two rows of dorsal setae slightly longer than width of tibia, ventral setae short, short ciliation slightly subpennate.2015 July 27, Miroslav Barták, Štěpán Kubík, “Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera…. From the entry subpennate
• Neck and segment 1 of Semnoderes armiger in dorsal view, showing the deep middorsal incision in the anterior segment margin (arrow) (character 17, state 2).2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry middorsal
• To stain photoreceptors of the dorsal rim area, the cornea and crystalline cone layer of the DRA were removed using a microscalpel.2015 December 3, “Transmedulla Neurons in the Sky Compass Network of the Honeybee ( Apis mellifera ) Are a Possible Site of Circadian…. From the entry microscalpel

Meaning of dorsal

1. adjective Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
2. adjective Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
3. adjective Having only one sharp side.

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How do you use dorsal in a sentence?

Dorsal is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision by creating a dorsal incision in the foreskin.”

What is a short sentence with dorsal?

“Dorsal columns carry mechanoreceptor information ipsilaterally.”

What does dorsal mean?

Dorsal means relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.