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 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, 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), an administrative division of Asturias, Spain
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Caudal (river), in northern Spain
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Caudal Hills, Antarctica
Other uses
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Caudal (protein), a family of homeobox transcription factors
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Anne-Lise Caudal (born 1984), a French golfer
See also
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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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