Caudal may refer to:
Anatomy
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Caudal (anatomical term)
Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans. The terms, typically derived from Latin or Greek language, Greek roots, describe something in its standard anatomical position. Th ...
(from Latin ''cauda''; tail), used to describe how close something is to the trailing end of an organism
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Caudal artery The Caudal artery is the portion of the dorsal aorta of a vertebrate that passes into the tail.
It is analogous to the median sacral artery
The median sacral artery (or middle sacral artery) is a small artery that arises posterior to the abdomina ...
, the portion of the dorsal aorta of a vertebrate that passes into the tail
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Caudal cell mass
In humans and other mammals, the caudal cell mass (also tail bud or caudal eminence in humans) is the aggregate of undifferentiated cells at the caudal end on the spine. The caudal end of the spinal cord first begins to form after primary neurulat ...
, the aggregate of undifferentiated cells at the caudal end on the spine
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Caudal fin
Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as se ...
, the tail fin of a fish
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Caudal vertebrae
The spinal column, a defining synapomorphy shared by nearly all vertebrates,Hagfish are believed to have secondarily lost their spinal column is a moderately flexible series of vertebrae (singular vertebra), each constituting a characteristic ...
, that make up the tail of tailed animals
Places
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Caudal (comarca)
Caudal is one of 8 ''comarcas'' administrative divisions of Asturias, an autonomous community in Spain.
The comarca of Caudal is divided into three municipalities. They are:
*Lena
*Aller
*Mieres
Mieres is a municipality of Asturias, northern ...
, an administrative division of Asturias, Spain
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Caudal (river)
The Caudal is a river in northern Spain flowing through the Autonomous Community of Asturias
Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturia ...
, in northern Spain
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Caudal Hills The Caudal Hills () are a group of hills situated within Victoria Land, Antarctica the hills lie between the Sequence Hills and the Lichen Hills on the western margin of upper Rennick Glacier. A series of spurs "tail" out to the north, hence the nam ...
, Antarctica
Other uses
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Caudal (protein)
The Cdx protein family is a group of the transcription factor proteins which bind to DNA to regulate the expression of genes. In particular this family of proteins can regulate the Hox genes. They are regulators of embryonic development and hematop ...
, a family of homeobox transcription factors
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Anne-Lise Caudal
Anne-Lise Caudal (born 26 June 1984) is a French professional golfer.
Caudal has won two tournaments on the Ladies European Tour, the 2008 Ladies Open of Portugal and the 2012 Ladies German Open, where she beat Laura Davies in a playoff. She al ...
(born 1984), a French golfer
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Cauda (disambiguation)
The cauda is a characteristic feature of songs in the conductus style of ''a cappella'' music.
Cauda may refer to:
* a tail-like protrusion of an aphid
* Gavdos
Gavdos ( el, Γαύδος, ) is the southernmost Greek island, located to the sou ...
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