Perhaps the earliest tendency to structurally modify the intestine in the direction named is found in the manner in which the intestinal coils are bound together by the subperitoneal arachnoid in many Ophidians (Fig.
In some Ophidians the same physiological purpose is served by the manner in which the convolutions of the long intestine are bound together by a subperitoneal arachnoid membrane.
Mammalia, and in certainOphidians among Reptiles, as in the Anaconda (Figs.
Finally in some Ophidians a typical lateral caecal pouch of considerable dimensions is found connected with the endgut immediately beyond the ileo-colic junction.
The series of Ophidians is arranged by our most eminent herpetologist, Dr.
In like manner, the air-bag connected with the one developed lung of the Ophidians retains the necessary supply of air during the tedious process of deglutition or swallowing.
Besides this articulation to the centrum, the vertebrae of Ophidians articulate with each other by means of joints which interlock by parts reciprocally receiving and entering one another, like the tenon-and-mortise joint in carpentry.
The saurians and ophidians can deploy outside the cloaca two erectile prongs; in saurians, lizards, they are short, round and bristle with prickles.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ophidians" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
