alar

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The alar cartilage consists of the apex of the nose; it surrounds the naris.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

This comes from the initial development of the spinal cord, which is divided into the basal plate and the alar plate.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The alar plate is on the dorsal side of the neural tube and gives rise to neurons that will receive sensory input from the periphery.

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In the mesencephalon the alar laminae form the corpora quadrigemina; these at first are bigeminal and hollow as they are in the lower vertebrates.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

Description.—Black; large alar speculum, axillaries, and under wing-coverts white; bill pale yellow; feet brown: total length 5·8 inches, wing 2·9, tail 2·5.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)