caudate
Bearing a tail
Caudate means having a tail or tail-like appendage.
The term appears most often in anatomy: the caudate nucleus is a tail-shaped structure deep in the brain involved in movement and learning.
In botany, caudate describes leaves or petals that taper to a long, narrow point.
The caudate lobe of the liver curves around the inferior vena cava.
Tailed, moist-skinned amphibian
- newtSmall aquatic salamander
- axolotlPermanently larval salamander
- eftJuvenile terrestrial salamander
- neotenyRetaining juvenile characteristics
gilled · aquatic · larvae · metamorphosis · regeneration · herpetology · siren · mudpuppy
Central controlling part
- basal gangliaSubcortical motor-control nuclei
- striatumSubcortical basal ganglia nucleus
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
- motor controlRegulation of bodily movement
reward · learning · habit formation · Parkinson's · Huntington's · neuroimaging · fMRI · grey matter
salamander
Tailed, moist-skinned amphibian
neoteny · gilled · aquatic · larvae · metamorphosis · regeneration · herpetology · siren · mudpuppy · hellbender
nucleus
Central controlling part
- basal gangliaSubcortical motor-control nuclei
- striatumSubcortical basal ganglia nucleus
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
motor control · reward · learning · habit formation · Parkinson's · Huntington's · neuroimaging · fMRI · grey matter · neurotransmitters
tail
Rear animal appendage
tapered · prehensile · vertebral · spinal · terminal · tapering · projection · tailbone · coccyx
- caudal vertebraeSpinal bones of tails
- caudal peduncleFish's tail attachment region