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Definition of Postoral
1. a. Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.
Definition of Postoral
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Postoral
1. situated behind the mouth [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postoral
Literary usage of Postoral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... or jaws of the first pair are the most anterior of the postoral appendages.
They are large, powerful, and usually consist of three or two segments, ..."
2. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Henry Meyners Bernard, Matilda Bernard, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1896)
"466) into the pre- and postoral regions, as follows :— From the anterior and
lateral tips of the oral region which stretch to near the apical pole, ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"But in these phases the resemblance to the 2. Long cilia of preoral band (velum).
1. The apical plate. 4. Mouth. 3. Long cilia of postoral band. t. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"I. (i) There are three sections of the body: (a) the preoral lobe, (b) the postoral
section (collar) which carries tentacles, arid (c) the posterior or anal ..."
5. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1873)
"(/) The mandibular or first pair of postoral visceral arches are stout continuous
rods of cartilage which lie in the first visceral arch behind the mouth. ..."
6. Tablets of anatomy and physiology by Thomas Cooke (1878)
"The first of the postoral set of arches, bars, or plates, is tho lower process
of our Is: arch, ... postoral cleft, which is further designated as ..."
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