anteriorly

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The superior articular processes of thoracic vertebrae face anteriorly and the inferior processes face posteriorly.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Muscles acting across the shoulder will also pull the shoulder and lateral clavicle anteriorly and medially, causing the clavicle fragments to override.

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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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

If intersecting series only, running anteriorly and posteriorly, are requisite for the production of spatial sensation, why are not analogues of them found in all the senses?

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst