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A cord. Chorda dorsalis (. Etym: See Notochord.

NOTOCHORD
An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebræ and the posterior part of the base of the skull
CHORDATA
A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
CHORDAL
Of or pertaining to a chord.
CHORDA
A cord. Chorda dorsalis (. Etym: See Notochord.
NOTOCHORDAL
Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.
UROCHORDAL
Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.
PARACHORDAL
Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord. -- n.
EPICHORDAL
Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.
UROCHORDA
See TUNICATA
PROCHORDAL
Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.
PERICHORDAL
Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal.
SUBNOTOCHORDAL
Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod.
NEUROCHORD; NEUROCHORDAL
See NEUROCORD