dorsum
IPA: dˈɔrsʌm
noun
- (anatomy) The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
- The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
- The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
- (geology) A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon.
- (astronomy) Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat.
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Examples of "dorsum" in Sentences
- The dorsum is a dusky grey or brown.
- The dorsum is ash gray with darker spots.
- The dorsum is grey and the venter light brown.
- The dorsum has a slight to moderate impression.
- In vertebrates the dorsum contains the backbone.
- The lesions are usually on the dorsum of the animal.
- The fur is dull brown on the dorsum and yellowish on the venter.
- The texture of the dorsum of the slug can be smooth or very rough.
- Propodeal dorsum convex in profile; dorsum rounded evenly into declivity.
- To the east are some wrinkle ridges named the Dorsum Bucher and Dorsum Argand.
- Confert et pulmo arietis, calidus agnus per dorsum divisus, exenteratus, admotus sincipiti.
- Serpentine veins rise across the dorsum of her hand, swollen with the back pressure of blood.
- The juveniles, normally around 10 cm long, have a gold dorsum with a black central dorsal stripe and black sides.
- The attention to detail is very impressive -- I mean the dorsum ridges look so natural I almost didn't notice them.
- The external surface (Fig. 235), known as the dorsum ilii, is directed backward and lateralward behind, and downward and lateralward in front.
- Sacrorum contemptor, templi foribus effractis, dum D. Johannis argenteum simulacrum rapere contendit, simulacrum aversa facie dorsum ei versat, nec mora sacrilegus mentis inops, atque in semet insaniens in proprios artus desaevit.
- Note 118: Canon, 1.3.1, fol. 65vb: "Deinde fiat ut in primis super ventrem sui iaceat, postea supra dorsum, et preter hoc totum incessanter fricetur et prematur, et figuretur: deinde ad ipsum cum panno fasciandum est redeundum." back
- The new taxon can be easily distinguished from all congeners, except Otocinclus cocama, by having a single, intensely pigmented, vertical W-shaped caudal fin spot and by having three discrete dark bands on dorsum, between the dorsal-fin base and the caudal fin.
- Verett claims that due to the injury she suffered at Pizza Hut, she was unable to avoid falling on a later date and tore tendons and suffered injuries to her left hand and wrist, including a partial tear of the pronator quadratus muscle at the dorsum. emphasis ours.
- The new species is distinguished from all congeners by having a melanistic color pattern, with head and dorsum of the body mostly dark-brown to black; absence of postocular stripe; venter grayish-brown, with dark rounded blotches outlining two lateral stripes which become gradually paler towards the posterior region of the belly, disappearing after midbody.
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