Definition of ventrolateral in English:
ventrolateral
adjectiveˌvɛntrə(ʊ)ˈlatər(ə)l-ˈlatrəl
Biology Situated towards the junction of the ventral and lateral sides.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Siculate’ sclerites are situated on the ventrolateral margin on either side of the animal's body.
- The form of the ventrolateral saddle varies between species within these three genera; it may be either acute or narrowly rounded.
- The recurved ventrolateral margins of P. schrami are not evident in P. pachoecoi.
- Microinjection of bicuculline in the ventrolateral PAG led to a decrease in the neuronal responses to heat.
- Rapid corticosteroid effects have also been seen in neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla recorded in vivo.
Derivatives
adverb
Biology The canines are more than twice as tall as I1, strongly recurved and inclined slightly ventrolaterally.
Example sentencesExamples
- On the dorsal portion of the rostral face, the shell layers extend ventrolaterally from those of the protoconch.
- The basioccipital tubera are a pair of ventrolaterally directed blobs descending from the basioccipital.
- The right pedicel projects ventrolaterally, and its plane is tilted approximately 30 degrees outward from the median plane.
- The parapophyses are broad, elongate, wing-like projections that protrude ventrolaterally from the anteromedial margin of each centrum.