Caudal vs. Cephalad

Caudaladjective

(zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.

Cephaladadverb

(anatomy) Towards the head (or anterior extremity)

Caudalnoun

A caudal vertebra.

Cephaladadverb

Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

Caudaladjective

Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.

‘The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes.’;

Caudaladjective

constituting or relating to a tail;

‘caudal appendage’;

Caudaladjective

resembling a tail

Caudaladjective

(of quadrupeds) situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises;

‘caudal fins’; ‘the caudal end of the body’;

Caudaladverb

toward the posterior end of the body