an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
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tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
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any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut in many embryonic higher vertebrates (reptiles,…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.backbone of an animal
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
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An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of cli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tarsal, joint, hind, hoofed, mammals.A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.
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