anteroposterior
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(anatomy) Anterior to posterior; front-to-back.
anteroposterior movement
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the relation between anterior and posterior.
the anteroposterior axis
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Academic Press, London and also establish differences of commitment along the anteroposterior axis (head, trunk and tail).
The anteroposterior (AP) abdomen projection, in contrast, does include the billateral diaphragm. citation citation If the patient is large, more than one film loaded in the Bucky in a "landscape" direction may be used for each projection.
The human uterus is pear-shaped and about 3 in. (7.6 cm) long, 4.5 cm broad (side to side) and 3.0 cm thick (anteroposterior).
The anteroposterior axis is divided into three parts: the anterior prosome, the intermediate mesosome, and the posterior metasome.