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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Ulna :: Ulna (n.) The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius..
Homotaxial :: Homotaxial (a.) Alt. of Homotaxi.
Paraxial :: Paraxial (a.) On either side of the axis of the skeleton.
Occipito- :: Occipito- () A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid..
Subverter :: Subvertebral (a.) Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal..
Uni- :: Uni- () A prefix signifying one, once; as in uniaxial, unicellular..
Axial :: Axial (a.) Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis..
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..
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..
Hypaxial :: Hypaxial (a.) Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal.
Epaxial :: Epaxial (a.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal..
Abaxial :: Abaxial (a.) Alt. of Abaxil.
Uniaxial :: Uniaxial (a.) Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction..
Pterobranchia :: Pterobranchia (n. pl.) An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura..
Biaxial :: Biaxial (a.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization..
Episkeletal :: Episkeletal (a.) Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.
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..
Radius :: Radius (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla..
Uniaxial :: Uniaxial (a.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.
Uniaxal :: Uniaxal (a.) Uniaxial.
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