Medical Terminology / Unit 4 MedTerm 0198 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Posterior: Toward the Back
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The idea
Posterior means toward the back of the body, and its combining form is poster slash o.
In practice
The spine is posterior to the heart.
Where people slip
Dorsal also means toward the back. Anterior and posterior are the terms this course uses.
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