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Term: Cephalad to Caudad

Part of Speech: Adverb, Adjective

Sense: Moving or located from the head towards the tail or in the direction of the back or posterior of an organism.

Usage:

1. When performing surgery, the surgeon made an incision from the cephalad to the caudad direction to access the spinal cord.
2. The cephalad to caudad movement of the embryo during development is highly regulated by genetic factors.
3. The anatomical diagram showed the progression of the nerves from cephalad to caudad.

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