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Rostral



 
  Rostral can refer to:

  • Anatomical location or direction
    Anatomical terms of location

    Standard anatomical terms of location are employed in sciences dealing with the anatomy of animals to avoid ambiguities which might otherwise arise....
    , Top or cephaled, as opposed to caudal or down.
  • Rostral bone
    Rostral bone

    The rostral bone is the edentulous dorsal component of the skeleton of the beak, unique to the ceratopsian dinosaurs....
  • Rostral column
    Rostral column

    A rostral column is a monumentally scaled column, originating in ancient Greece and Rome where they were erected to commemorate a naval military victory....
    , a monumental scaled column, frequently decorated with ship bows
  • Rostral scale, in scaled reptiles
  • Rostral organ
    Rostral organ

    The rostral organ of the coelacanth is a large gel-filled cavity in the snout, with three pairs of canals to the outside. It is surrounded by an insulating layer of adipose tissue and innervated by the superficial ophthalmic nerve....