ventral
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(a) toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)
- the ventral aspect of the human body
- the liver is somewhat ventral in position
- ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped
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(a) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
- the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface