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haemal

(ˈhiːməl) or

hemal

adj

1. (Physiology) of or relating to the blood or the blood vessels

2. (Anatomy) denoting or relating to the region of the body containing the heart

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Adj. 1. haemal - relating to the blood vessels or blood

haematal, hemal, hematal

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Now he saw far above him the backbone of the apparatus and its big ribs, "like the neural and haemal canals," said Kurt, who had dabbled in biology.

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There are no vestiges of neural or haemal arches in the preserved caudal vertebrae.

A new large Pliosaurid from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Sachica, Boyaca, Colombia/Un nuevo Pliosaurido de gran tamano del Barremiano (Cretacico Inferior) de Sachica, Boyaca, Colombia

Cranial and vertebral unidentified bone fragments, neural and haemal spines, and scales represented 54 % (970) of all fish remains.

Taphonomic signature of Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) on fish remains

A total of 39.5% fish exhibited anomalies in the present study and the anomalies were: lordosis, vertebral fusion, neural spines bifurcation, connection of adjacent pterygiophores, haemal spine anomaly, neural spines anomaly, anomaly in pterygiophores and supernumerary neural spines.

Skeletal Ontogeny and Anomalies in Larval and Juvenile Crimson Snapper, Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790

Environmental determinants of Haemal lordosis in European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758).

Temperature-Induced Phenotypic Plasticity in Aphanius arakensis Teimori, Esmaeili, Gholami, Zarei, & Reichenbacher, 2012 (Teleostei: Aphaniidae)

At the termination of feeding trial, blood samples for analysis were collected in heparinized (Na-heparinised) capillary tubes from the haemal arch after severing the caudal peduncle.

Effects of Dietary Protein Levels on the Growth, Feed Utilization and Haemato-Biochemical Parameters of Freshwater Fish, Cyprinus Carpio Var. Specularis

Each neural spine and arch ossified first, followed by the centrum and then by the haemal arch and spine.

Early life history of the Argentine sea bass (Acanthistius patachonicus) (Pisces: Serranidae)

One of the articular faces for the haemal arch (chevron) has been preserved in the left posterior region, which obliquely truncates the ventral ridge, as described by Andrews (1913).

Postcranial elements of Maledictosuchus riclaensis (Thalattosuchia) from the Middle Jurassic of Spain

TABLE 7: Determination of the haemal biochemical parameters.

Biological characteristics of captive Chinese Wuzhishan minipigs (Sus scrofa)

The centrum is readily differentiated into four intermedialia by the basidorsal and basiventral insertions for the neural and haemal arch cartilages (Fig.

Cetorhinus cf. C. maximus (Gunnerus) (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), a basking shark from the late miocene empire formation, Coos Bay, Oregon

Two anal pterygiophores before haemal spine of first caudal vertebra (in 18).

A new species of Egglestonichthys from northern Australian estuaries (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiinae)

Haemal lacunae also are rather common in this layer (Fig.

Microscopic Anatomy of the digestive system in normal and regenerating specimens of the brittlestar Amphipholis kochii