dorsoventral
Spine-to-stomach orientation
Dorsoventral describes the axis running from back to belly in an animal, or from upper to lower surface in a plant or organ.
The term appears in anatomy and biology when discussing body organization or the direction of structures: The dorsoventral flattening of a flounder allows it to lie flat on the ocean floor.
Made smooth or level
- compressedReduced by pressure
- depressedPersistently sad, spiritless
- leaflikeResembling plant foliage
- ribbonlikeResembling a thin strip
planar · cross-section · flatworm · flounder · ray · skate · stingray · sole
Rotation reference line
- polarityState of opposing forces
- gradientRate of change across space
- patterningSystematic arrangement creation
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
embryology · bilateral · segmentation · induction · differentiation · ectoderm · mesoderm · endoderm
flattened
Made smooth or level
- compressedReduced by pressure
- depressedPersistently sad, spiritless
- leaflikeResembling plant foliage
ribbonlike · planar · cross-section · flatworm · flounder · ray · skate · stingray · sole · planarian
axis
Rotation reference line
- polarityState of opposing forces
- gradientRate of change across space
- patterningSystematic arrangement creation
morphology · embryology · bilateral · segmentation · induction · differentiation · ectoderm · mesoderm · endoderm · gastrulation
anterior
Situated toward the front
vertebrae · thorax · abdomen · pelvis · sternum · diaphragm · lumbar · thoracic · sacral · cervical
dorsoventrallateral
Of the side
left-right · side-to-side · transverse · bilateral · sagittal