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Notochord

Notochord Meaning & Definition
Notochord Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Notochord?

[n] a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates

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See Also | back | backbone | rachis | spinal column | spine | urochord | vertebral column

Notochord In Webster's Dictionary

\No"to*chord\, n. [Gr. ? the back + E. chord.] (Anat.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebr[ae] and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of {Ectoderm}.

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