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posterior in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Posterior may
refer to:
Posterior (anatomy), the end of an
organism opposite to its head Buttocks...
- The
posterior chain is a
group of
muscles on the
posterior of the body.
Examples of
these muscles include the hamstrings, the
gluteus maximus, erector...
- The
posterior probability is a type of
conditional probability that
results from
updating the
prior probability with
information summarized by the likelihood...
- The
posterior pituitary (or neurohypophysis) is the
posterior lobe of the
pituitary gland which is part of the
endocrine system. The
posterior pituitary...
- The
tibialis posterior muscle is the most
central of all the leg muscles, and is
located in the deep
posterior compartment of the leg. It is the key stabilizing...
- The
posterior fontanelle (lambdoid fontanelle,
occipital fontanelle) is a gap
between bones in the
human skull (known as fontanelle),
triangular in form...
- The
posterior commissure (also
known as the
epithalamic commissure) is a
rounded band of
white fibers crossing the
middle line on the
dorsal aspect of...
- The
dorsal root of
spinal nerve (or
posterior root of
spinal nerve or
sensory root) is one of two "roots"
which emerge from the
spinal cord. It emerges...
-
Posterior cortex usually means the
posterior (back) part of the
complete cerebral cortex and
includes the occipital, parietal, and
temporal cortices. In...
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convex from
before backward,
especially at its
posterior part,
where it is
prolonged on to the
posterior surface for a
short distance. The
central portions...
