Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations.
Situated toward a breaklike part that means superior (in relation to areas of the spinal cord) or anterior or ventral (in relation to brain areas). Example: The face is in the rostral part of the head.
This is the tip of the snout.
situated more toward the rostrum or beak (oral and nasal regions); toward the superior end of the body in humans
adjective, Latin rostrum = beak, implying nearness to the corpus callosum.
"toward the beak," rostral can mean the same as superior, and is an antonym of caudal
Rostral means literally "towards the beak" and refers to any part of the body that is closer to the top of the head than the current point of reference. Click here to see an illustration of this term.