posteriorly

American

[pah-steer-ee-er-lee, poh-steer-ee-er-lee] / pɑˈstɪər i ər li, poʊˈstɪər i ər li /

adverb

in a position that is posterior to or behind something else; at or toward the rear.

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When the rhomboids are contracted, your scapula moves medially, which can pull the shoulder and upper limb posteriorly.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

They have short transverse processes and a short, blunt spinous process that projects posteriorly.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

It extends from the frontal bone anteriorly to the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone posteriorly.

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When the forearm faces posteriorly, it is pronated.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The specific characters are: Sphenorbital fissure absent; incisive foramina anterior to infraorbital canal; anterior prism of P4 triangular; interparietal relatively large; lambdoidal suture concave posteriorly in region of interparietal, in Utah specimens.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.

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