cervicocephalic en · ADJ
Etymology
From cervico- + cephalic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to the neck and head.
The ostrich neck was delivered to us decapitated and severed from the rest of the body, thus any anterior (i.e., cervicocephalic) or posterior (i.e., cervicothoracic) air sac diverticula were not present, resulting in incomplete and partially damaged air sacs and their diverticula on the anteriormost and posteriormost ends of the neck.
2015 December 10, “Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich ( Struthio camelus ) and Observations on the Vertebral Columns of Non-Volant, Semi-Volant and Semi-Aquatic Birds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: