posteriorly
Americanadverb
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The cartilage rings do not completely encircle the trachea but are open posteriorly.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The stylohyoid muscle moves the hyoid bone posteriorly, elevating the larynx, and the mylohyoid muscle lifts it and helps press the tongue to the top of the mouth.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In the nasal cavity, the lacrimal fluid normally drains posteriorly, but with an increased flow of tears due to crying or eye irritation, some fluid will also drain anteriorly, thus causing a runny nose.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
This large opening is defined by the inferior margin of the pubic symphysis anteriorly, and the ischiopubic ramus, the ischial tuberosity, the sacrotuberous ligament, and the inferior tip of the coccyx posteriorly.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
If intersecting series only, running anteriorly and posteriorly, are requisite for the production of spatial sensation, why are not analogues of them found in all the senses?
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
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