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BORD POSTERIEUR [4 records]

Record 1 2015-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

[The posterior margin of a pelecypod shell is the] direction or part of [the] shell toward [the] position of [the] anus and siphonal opening; in most pelecypods [it is] opposite to [the] inclination of [the] beak.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

C'est en général le bord postérieur [d'une coquille de Lamellibranche] qui est le plus facilement identifiable. Le ligament est, dans la majeure partie des cas, développé surtout du côté postérieur; la trace de l'insertion du muscle postérieur est plus grand que celle du muscle antérieur; le sinus palléal est postérieur, l'écusson est postérieur; [...]

OBS

Le bord antérieur et le bord postérieur se définissent d'eux-mêmes lorsque la carapace est orientée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
CONT

The main nerve supply of the auricle is the great auricular nerve. it emerges from the posterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and ascends toward the auricle, dividing into an anterior and posterior branch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
CONT

[La paroi antérieure] est constituée de dehors en dedans par le bord postérieur du muscle masséter recouvert de son aponévrose, par le bord postérieur de la branche montante de la mandibule ...

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
OBS

(of a thunderstorm cloud)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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