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..
Uniaxial :: Uniaxial (a.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.
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.
Mult- :: Mult- () A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as, multiaxial, multocular..
Hypaxial :: Hypaxial (a.) Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal.
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..
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..
Epaxial :: Epaxial (a.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal..
Uni- :: Uni- () A prefix signifying one, once; as in uniaxial, unicellular..
Uniaxially :: Uniaxially (adv.) In a uniaxial manner.
Tibia :: Tibia (n.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee..
Occipito- :: Occipito- () A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid..
Paraxial :: Paraxial (a.) On either side of the axis of the skeleton.
Radius :: Radius (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla..
Bisectrix :: Bisectrix (n.) The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.
Axial :: 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..
Sectant :: Sectant (n.) One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes..
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..
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