Dorsal vs. Ventral

Dorsaladjective

(anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

Dorsaladjective

(of a knife) Having only one sharp side.

Dorsaladjective

(anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.

Dorsaladjective

Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

Dorsaladjective

(botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.

Dorsaladjective

(botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

Dorsalnoun

(art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.

Dorsalnoun

In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.

Dorsalnoun

(linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

Dorsaladjective

Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; - opposed to ventral.

Dorsaladjective

Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.

Dorsalnoun

A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.

Dorsaladjective

belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part;

Dorsaladjective

facing away from the axis of an organ or organism;

Ventraladjective

Related to the abdomen or stomach.

Ventraladjective

(anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.

Ventraladjective

(anatomy) On or relating to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand.

Ventralnoun

Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.

Ventraladjective

Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; - opposed to dorsal.

Ventraladjective

Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower.

Ventraladjective

toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal);

Ventraladjective

nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism;