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postaxial

[ pohst-ak-see-uhl ]

adjective

Anatomy, Zoology.
  1. pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.


postaxial

/ ±èəʊ²õ³Ùˈæ°ì²õɪə±ô /

adjective

  1. situated or occurring behind the axis of the body
  2. of or relating to the posterior part of a vertebrate limb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of postaxial1

First recorded in 1870–75; post- + axial
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Example Sentences

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As in some members of the latter order there is a single ocellus on each side of the head, the penultimate and antepenultimate segments of the toxicognaths are complete on the postaxial side of the appendage, and spiracles are present upon the 3rd, 5th, 8th, 10th, 12th and 14th leg-bearing somites.

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The penultimate and antepenultimate segments of the toxicognaths are reduced on the preaxial side of the appendage to the condition of arthrodial integumental folds and suppressed on the postaxial side where the distal segment or fang is firmly jointed to the femoral segment.

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The postaxial processes on the humerus, ulna and ulnare could scarcely have been larval features only, since they are so clearly homologous with those in adult Rhipidistia; a larval limb should indeed be simple, but its simplicity is unlikely to involve paleotelic adult characters.

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Posteriorly, there is a short, broad expansion resembling the entepicondyle of the humerus, and even more nearly like the postaxial flanges in a crossopterygian fin.

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The radius and tibia are, at an early stage in development, on the anterior edge of their respective limbs; the ulna and fibula, posterior; the former are spoken of as preaxial in position, the latter as postaxial.

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