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Dorsoventral vs Anteroposterior - What's the difference?

dorsoventral | anteroposterior | coordinate terms |

Anteroposterior is a coordinate term of dorsoventral.



As adjectives the difference between dorsoventral and anteroposterior

is that dorsoventral is of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and belly of something while anteroposterior is anterior to posterior; front-to-back.

dorsoventral

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and belly of something

    • Anagrams

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    anteroposterior

    English

    Alternative forms

    * antero-posterior

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (anatomy) Anterior to posterior; front-to-back.
    • anteroposterior movement
  • * 2002 , Robert Dudley, The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution (ISBN 0691094918), page 43:
    • also effects the fore-aft (anteroposterior ) wing motions known as promotion and remotion.
  • (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the relation between anterior and posterior.
    • the anteroposterior axis

    Synonyms

    * AP

    Derived terms

    * anteroposteriorly * anteroposteriority * anteroposterior axis

    Coordinate terms

    * posteroanterior * dorsoventral * lateral * mediolateral * proximodistal * vertical

    See also

    * (Anatomical terms of location)