ventrocranial

English

Etymology

ventro- +‎ cranial

Adjective

ventrocranial (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Relating to the front of the cranium
    • 2015 November 12, “A Reappraisal of the Purported Gastric Pellet with Pterosaurian Bones from the Upper Triassic of Italy”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0141275:
      A hook-like process along the ventrocranial margin of the centrum resembles a cranially placed and well-developed hypapophysis like that present caudally in the cervicals of the drepanosauromorphs [46 ].

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