Caudate Definition

-dātĭd
adjective
Having a tail or taillike part.
Webster's New World

(botany) Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.

Wiktionary

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Caudata order of amphibians.

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Origin of Caudate

  • From the Medieval Latin caudātus, from the Classical Latin cauda (“tail”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin caudātus from Latin cauda tail

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Caudate Sentence Examples

  • This is the caudate lobe.

  • The Spigelian (s) and caudate lobes (c) belong to the right half of the liver, the latter being usually a leaf shaped lobe attached by its stalk to the Spigelian, and having its blade flattened between the right lateral lobe and the right kidney.

  • The vena cava (vc) is always found to the right of the Spigelian lobe and dorsal to the stalk of the caudate.

  • The Spigelian lobe is represented by a flat surface between the postal fissure and the posterior border, not distinctly marked off from the left lateral by a fissure of the ductus venosus, as this vessel is buried deep in the hepatic substance, but the caudate lobe is distinct and tongue-shaped, its free apex reaching nearly to the border of the right lateral lobe.

  • Note the red dot in the white matter just left of the caudate nucleus in the upper middle of the left hemisphere.

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Words Starting With

CCACAU

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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