Sentence examples for nerve cord from inspiring English sources
noun
A dorsal tubular cord of nervous tissue above the notochord of a chordate.
The nerve cord is ventral.
The ventral nerve cord and associated ganglia also contain neurosecretory cells and have their own neurohemal organs; i.e., the multiple perisympathetic organs located along the ventral nerve cord.
The ventral nerve cord exhibits considerable concentration of ganglia near the head end (cephalization).
In the tadpole larvae and appendicularians, the dorsal nerve cord is well developed.
Cephalochordates and vertebrates have a hollow, dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal gill slits, and a notochord.
The central nervous system consists of a brain and ventral nerve cord.
Anterior regeneration depends upon the presence of the central nerve cord.
The dorsal nerve cord is the spinal cord in human beings; it remains throughout life.
The nerve cord of the animal consists of seven ganglia connected by pairs of fibres.
These osmoregulatory neurohormones are produced both in the brain and in the ventral nerve cord.
Paired pigment patches at regular spacing along the presumed nerve cord are interpreted as ganglia.
