ventral
pronunciation
How to pronounce ventral in British English:
UK [ˈventrəl]
How to pronounce ventral in American English:
US [ˈventrəl]
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- Adjective:
- toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)
- nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
Word Origin
- ventral (adj.)
- 1739, from French ventral or directly from Late Latin ventralis "of or pertaining to the belly or stomach," from Latin venter (genitive ventris) "belly, paunch; stomach, appetite; womb, unborn child," from PIE *wend-tri- (cognates: Latin vesica "bladder," Sanskrit vastih "bladder," Old High German wanast, German wanst "paunch, belly"), perhaps from root *udero- "abdomen, womb, stomach" (see uterus).
Example
- 1. The result was a model that closely imitates the ventral visual pathway .
- 2. Teenagers who frequently play video games have more ventral striatal gray matter volume than their peers who play less often .
- 3. Avid teenage video gamers have a larger ventral striatum than their peers , but is it the result or the cause of their game-playing behavior ?
- 4. Petals glabrous ; ventral holes of seeds furrowed .
- 5. There were differences -- long-term romantic love lit up many more brain regions than early-stage love -- but both groups showed significant activity in the dopamine-rich ventral tegmental area .