Palmar vs Dorsum - What's the difference?
palmar | dorsum |
(anatomy, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage
* {{quote-news, 1988, May 20, Jack Clark, Touch of Death, Chicago Reader
, passage="A latent print on the palmar surface of our hands and the plantar surfaces of our foot is a scan that is entirely different from the scan on the rest of our bodies. }}
(anatomy, and, medicine) In the direction of the palm
* {{quote-book, 2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery
, passage= The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small.}}
(zoology) Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.
(anatomy) The back or dorsal region on an animal.
(geology) A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon.
(astronomy) Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat
The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
As a proper noun palmar
is .As a noun dorsum is
(anatomy) the back or dorsal region on an animal.palmar
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