anteriorly

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The right and left hip bones also converge anteriorly to attach to each other.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The genioglossus depresses the tongue and moves it anteriorly; the styloglossus lifts the tongue and retracts it; the palatoglossus elevates the back of the tongue; and the hyoglossus depresses and flattens it.

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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Each parietal bone is also bounded anteriorly by the frontal bone, inferiorly by the temporal bone, and posteriorly by the occipital bone.

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The venter is dark grayish brown with cream-colored flecks anteriorly and creamy gray posteriorly where the dark color is restricted to the midventral region and the lateral edges of ventrals and first dorsal scale-row.

From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by Duellman, William E.