rostrally
9.9
Toward the front of the body or a body part
- adverb
- /ˈrɒstrəli/
- Specialized
:
rostrocaudalmente
- The researcher focused on the rostrally located structures in the brain to understand their functions better.
Examples
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The chorda tympani nerve comes off rostrally, courses ventrally to the first pharyngeal pouch, and enters the mandibular arch.
Academic text (2003) -
Then later on the closure of the neural tubes go on rostrally and codally along the spinal cord until the very end of the spinal cord.
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During the dissection, the nerves were traced rostrally from the brain to their origins in the skull.
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Animals in the experiment had electrodes implanted rostrally to measure their brain activity.
Synonyms
1
8.2
Toward the front of the body or a body part
is used in anatomy specifically for the front of a body or structure
frontwards
vsrostrally
5.1
To move toward the front
is the anatomical term used instead of general directional language
frontward
vsrostrally
4.7
Toward the front of something
serves as the precise anatomical expression rather than plain direction
5.1
Toward the front
specifies anatomical front direction rather than general forward movement
Surface Forms
rostrally positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word rostrally comes from the Latin rostrum, meaning 'beak' or 'snout'. So in anatomy, to move rostrally is to move 'toward the beak', which means toward the front of the body.