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CAUDAL [28 records]

Record 1 2023-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Coccinellidae.

Key term(s)
  • caudal ladybeetle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Coccinellidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
  • Mammals
DEF

The narrow region of the body of a fish or cetacean immediately in front of the caudal fin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons
  • Mammifères
DEF

Partie étroite du corps des poissons [et des cétacés] située entre la nageoire anale et la base de la nageoire caudale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
  • Mammals
DEF

... the tail fin of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates, used for propulsion during locomotion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons
  • Mammifères
CONT

Nageoire caudale, servant à la propulsion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Peces
  • Mamíferos
DEF

Aleta impar, localizada en el extremo posterior del cuerpo de los peces y vertebrados acuáticos[, es el principal órgano de locomoción].

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Record 4 2021-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
DEF

A caudal fin with three lobes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
DEF

[A] tail fin where the lower lobe is the longer and is supported by the vertebral column.

OBS

Asymmetrical externally as well as internally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons
CONT

Les «thélodontes» ont une nageoire caudale hypocerque, comme les anaspides (et les lamproies).

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
CONT

Protocercal caudal fins, like those found on hagfish, consist of one pointed lobe that extends around the end of the vertebral column.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons

Spanish

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Record 7 2021-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
DEF

An internally and externally symmetrical tail (caudal) fin

CONT

Polypteriformes (bichirs and reedfish) possess a secondarily derived, externally symmetrical diphycercal caudal fin with several notable characteristics, including the inclusion of pterygiophores originating from the dorsal fin; this organization differs significantly both from other actinopterygians and from the ancestral heterocercal caudal fin shape ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons

Spanish

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Record 8 2021-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
CONT

Gephyrocercal Caudal Fin. It is a very specialized type of caudal fin which is also known as bridge caudal fin. Generally, they look like the isocercal fin but the fins are reduced to vestiges. In this case, the caudal lobe is truncated where hypurals of the spinal column are lacking. These types of fins are found in the pearlfishes (Carpus), Flerasfer and Orthagoriscus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons

Spanish

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Record 9 2021-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
DEF

[A] tail fin in which the the caudal part of the notochord tapers posterodorsally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons
CONT

[...] tous les actinoptérygiens du Paléozoïque ont une nageoire caudale épicerque, comme celle des requins, où la colonne vertébrale se prolonge dans un lobe dirigé postéro-dorsalement.

Spanish

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Record 10 2021-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
CONT

A homocercal tail is a caudal fin composed of two lobes of equal proportion. Homocercal tails are the most common caudal fin type in fish but can come in many symmetrical shapes. A homocercal tail is contrasted with a heterocercal tail which has unequal lobes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons
CONT

La plupart des actinoptérygiens modernes ont une queue homocerque, c'est-à-dire que le lobe du haut et le lobe du bas sont presque égaux et symétriques, comme par exemple la queue du saumon. Par contre, [les espèces du genre] Cheirolepis avaient une queue épicerque, c'est-à-dire que l'axe de [leur] corps se poursuivait dans un lobe supérieur plus développé.

Spanish

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Record 11 2021-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
CONT

A heterocercal tail is a caudal fin composed of two asymmetrical lobes. Often, such as the case in many sharks, the vertebral column passes through the upper lobe, making it the larger of the two lobes. A heterocercal tail is contrasted with a homocercal tail which has equal lobes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons

Spanish

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Record 12 2014-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
  • Pets
CONT

The grease gland is at the base of the spine. The activity varies from guinea pig to guinea pig, both boars and sows have grease glands and either can have an active one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale
  • Animaux d'agrément
CONT

Le cochon d’Inde possède des glandes cutanées sudoripares et sébacées. On peut facilement remarquer la glande caudale (elle est surtout visible chez les mâles et les individus de couleur claire), située à hauteur du sacrum.

Spanish

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Record 13 2011-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

One of the caudal (inferior) pair of rounded eminences in the tectum of the mesencephalon that contains auditory reflex centers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Éminence paire et arrondie, située à la partie postérieure et inférieure du tectum du mésencéphale, représentant un centre réflexe en dérivation sur le trajet des voies auditives.

Spanish

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Record 14 2005-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • Mammals
OBS

These are very variable in number among mammals, as shown by the varying tail lengths, and run from a few up to fifty. Neural arches, transverse processes, and zygapophyses diminish caudally, so that the last vertebrae consist only of centra.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Mammifères
CONT

Les «vertèbres caudales», nombreuses, réduites mais distinctes, forment le squelette de la queue.

OBS

Le cheval peut en avoir 12 à 21 [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
  • Mamíferos
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Record 15 2003-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anesthesia and Recovery
DEF

Anesthesia produced by insertion of a needle into sacrococcygeal notch and injection of local anesthetic into the epidural space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anesthésie et réanimation
OBS

ne pas confondre «anesthésie épidurale» et «anesthésie péridurale», dont l'équivalent anglais est, entre autres, «epidural anesthesia».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anestesia y reanimación
DEF

Anestesia regional que consiste en la inyección de un agente anestésico local en la porción caudal del conducto raquídeo a través del sacro.

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Record 16 2002-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Animal Anatomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

La colonne vertébrale des Poissons [...] est divisée en deux régions [dont l'une est la] région [...] «caudale», sans côtes, mais avec des arcs hémaux complets entourant artère et veine caudales.

Spanish

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Record 17 2002-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
OBS

The inferior colliculi (lower or posterior quadrigeminal bodies) are important auditory reflex centers. Each consists of a compact nucleus of gray matter covered by a superficial white layer and separated from the central gray matter about the aqueduct by a thin, deep, white layer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
OBS

Au niveau de la face dorsale du mésencéphale il existe un segment étroit appelé lame quadrijumelle (ou toit du mésencéphale ) qui comporte les 4 reliefs des tubercules quadrijumeaux, actuellement appelés colliculus supérieur et colliculus inférieur.

Spanish

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Record 18 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Zoology
DEF

[The] posterior extension of [the] border and doublure of [the] pygidium [of a trilobite].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Zoologie
DEF

[...] prolongement [...] de l'axe du pygidium [chez certains Trilobites].

CONT

[...] l'«épine caudale» [...] [est] développée à l'extrémité postérieure des pygidiums dits caudés [de Trilobites].

Spanish

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Record 19 2001-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Animal Anatomy
DEF

At or toward the tail end of the body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Anatomie animale
DEF

Qui se rapporte à la queue ou à la partie postérieure du corps.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Radiografía (Medicina)
  • Anatomía animal
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Record 20 1999-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Animal Diseases

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Maladies des animaux
CONT

Le pli sous-caudal nous semble le lieu d'élection pour l'inoculation tuberculique ...

Spanish

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Record 21 1998-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

The posterior segment of a dorsal aorta (or the descending aorta) that supplies blood to the tail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
CONT

Chez la vache, une technique utilise la veine ou l'artère caudale comme source de sang périphérique [...]

Spanish

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Record 22 1998-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anesthesia and Recovery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anesthésie et réanimation
DEF

Interruption ou diminution de la propagation de l'influx nerveux, produite par l'injection d'un agent approprié à l'intérieur du canal épidural sacré.

OBS

Extrait de la norme NF-S90-100 reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 23 1991-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
OBS

BT-22

OBS

Terme provenant du Glossaire des Pêches et des Océans, 1991.

Spanish

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Record 24 1991-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
DEF

The fanlike swimming organ formed by the last pair of pleopods and the telson in some decaped crustaceans

OBS

Combination of laterally expanded uropods and telson turned backward to form [a] powerful swimming structure or [a] means of steering and balancing ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
OBS

Le telson et les uropodes forment un éventail caudal [chez les Crustacés.]

Spanish

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Record 25 1985-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés

Spanish

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Record 26 1977-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[It is a] single appendage of [the] terminal abdominal somite paired with another to form [a] caudal furca, both articulated with [the] telson [in crustaceans]; [it is] usually rodlike or bladelike, but [it] may be filamentous and multiarticular (caudal filament).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Les pièces brucales et les rames caudales sont vestigiales (...)

Spanish

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Record 27 1977-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Crustaceans
CONT

The terminal section or telson [of a Copepod] often bears a pair of processes or rami forming the "caudal furca". ... in the ... Copepoda ... they are unsegmented rods articulated to the body ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Crustacés
CONT

Le telson [d'un copépode] porte une longue fourche caudale [...]

Spanish

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Record 28 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Skin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil cutané

Spanish

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