Definition of axial

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Axial (a.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones..

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Pollex :: Pollex (n.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing..
Uniaxal :: Uniaxal (a.) Uniaxial.
Crystal :: Crystal (n.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization..
Notochord :: Notochord (n.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm..
Postaxial :: Postaxial (a.) Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb..
Prepollent :: Prepollent (n.) An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex..
Uniaxially :: Uniaxially (adv.) In a uniaxial manner.
Hallux :: Hallux (n.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds..
Monaxial :: Monaxial (a.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; as, monaxial development..
Parameter :: Parameter (n.) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane; also, the fundamental axial ratio for a given species..
Axial :: Axial (a.) Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis..
Occipitoaxial :: Occipitoaxial (a.) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis..
Hyposkeletal :: Hyposkeletal (a.) Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial; as, the hyposkeletal muscles; -- opposed to episkeletal..
Occipito- :: Occipito- () A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid..
Ulna :: Ulna (n.) The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius..
Paraxial :: Paraxial (a.) On either side of the axis of the skeleton.
Episkeletal :: Episkeletal (a.) Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.
Prehallux :: Prehallux (n.) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux..
Retinophora :: Retinophora (n.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium..
Uni- :: Uni- () A prefix signifying one, once; as in uniaxial, unicellular..
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