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Ventral premotor and inferior parietal cortices make distinct contribution to action organization and intention understanding.
Srinivasan Pillay: Capitalism Revisited: Why Society Matters Srinivasan Pillay 2011
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Ventral side, she corrected herself—the opposite of dorsal.
LEVIATHAN MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD 2009
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Ventral side, she corrected herself—the opposite of dorsal.
LEVIATHAN MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD 2009
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Ventral view of a later tadpole. op., the operculum. int., coiling intestine.
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Page view page image: they have some sharp teeth of smaller size and same shape on the tongue which is thick and fleshey. the fins of the back are two; the first is placed nearer the head than the Ventral fins and has [blank space in MS.] rays, the second is placed far back near the tail is small and has no rays.
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904
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Ventral hernia is most common in pregnant mares, and is here due to the weight of the fetus or to some degenerative changes taking place in the abdominal coats.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Ventral and dorsal walls are cut away, so as to show the contents of the pectoral and abdominal cavities.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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V Ventral fin: p pelvis, ax fin-axis, ss single row of fin-rays, bs additional rays, sch scales, cop penis.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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-- Lateral, Dorsal, and Ventral view of first Vertebra of Amphiuma.
The Common Frog 1874
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Ventral hernia, commonly called _umbilical_, is generally a protrusion of viscera through a new preternatural aperture in the fibrous tissues close to the navel, may often attain a large size, is liable to strangulation, and is not easily palliated or cured.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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