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ventral

[ven-truhl] / ˈvɛn trəl /
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abdominal
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It is called the ventral hippocampus, which is responsible for learning, emotions, fear and memory.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2025

The Walcott-Rust fossils, however, had preserved ventral structures including the sternites and limbs.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023

“While enrolled trilobite fossils are really common, we don’t have any of the ventral soft tissue preserved,” said Sarah Losso, a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard University who specializes in trilobite evolution.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

The team first developed organoid models of the so-called ventral midbrain, striatum and cortex -- the regions linked by neurons in the dopaminergic system -- and then developed a method for fusing these organoids together.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023

The aortic and pulmonary valves are laid down in the ventral aorta, before it is divided into aorta and pulmonary artery, as four endocardial cushions; anterior, posterior and two lateral.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various


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