0%

Words related to posterior

pos·te·ri·or
P p

  • back

    If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.

  • anterior

    Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.

  • dorsal

    of, relating to, or situated at the back, or dorsum.

  • hindgut

    Zoology. the last portion of the vertebrate alimentary canal, between the cecum and the anus, involved mainly with water resorption and with the storage and elimination of food residue; the large intestine. the posterior colon of arthropods, composed of ectodermal, chitin-lined tissue.

  • pituitary gland

    a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.

  • postcranial

    located posterior to the head.
All about water Download all about WATER in pdf