anterior

• “The term anterior pole is applied to the central point of the anterior curvature of the bulb, and that of posterior pole to the central point of its posterior curvature; a line joining the two poles forms the optic axis.”

  X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. The Organ of Sight

• “Surgeons perform neck surgery from the front or back, which they refer to as anterior and posterior approaches.”

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• “You have the knee and you have these ligaments around it called the anterior cruciate ligament and the posterior cruciate ligament.”

  CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2008

• “The terms anterior or ventral, and posterior or dorsal, are employed to indicate the relation of parts to the front or back of the body or limbs, and the terms superior or cephalic, and inferior or caudal, to indicate the relative levels of different structures; structures nearer to or farther from the median plane are referred to as medial or lateral respectively.”

  Introduction

• “Of the two crura the anterior is shorter and less curved than the posterior.”

  X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 3. The Auditory Ossicles

• “It forms the posterior boundary of the talocalcaneonavicular joint, and is sometimes described as the anterior interosseous ligament.”

  III. Syndesmology. 7e. Intertarsal Articulations

• “Is the foregoing family a branch of that of Herefordshire, now ennobled; or does it come down from one of the name anterior to the time when such earldom was made patent, viz. from Sir Richard Harley, 28 Edward I.: whose armorial bearings, according to one annalist, is mentioned as _Or, bend cotized sable_?”

  Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

• “In cingulotomy, surgeons thread wires into an area of the brain called the anterior cingulate.”

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• “Researchers have fingered parts of the parietal and frontal lobes as well as a structure called the anterior cingulate as important for superior cognition.”

  High-Aptitude Minds: The Neurological Roots of Genius | Disinformation

• “Generally people with anxiety show high activity in a small brain area called the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC).”

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