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posterior

anatomical directional term indicating the direction toward the posterior end of a body or anatomical structure
Class type of: primary anatomical coordinate Q2132510

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
anatomical direction
Subclass of
primary anatomical coordinate
Part of
sagittal axis[3]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C25622[5]
Opposite of
anterior[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en posterior he אחורי he אֲחוֹרִי he פוסטריורי ja 後 ja 後側 ru дорсальный zh-hans 后部
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
74533
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122100xq
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
648538052
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XK8L
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/e8a2b971-f7dc-4414-b78c-22239141c5cb
TA2 ID
13
TA98 Latin term
posterior
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A01.0.00.012

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Summary

posterior is an anatomical direction[1]. posterior is a type of primary anatomical coordinate[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → —
    Wikidata description → anatomical directional term indicating the direction toward the posterior end of
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Said to be the same as: dorsal, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787604677207"
  2. 21w ago · Eva L Vedin · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → anatomical direction
    Opposite of → anterior
    Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID → A01.0.00.012
    ICD-11 ID (Foundation) → 648538052
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National Historical Museums of Sweden ID: term/e8a2b971-f7dc-4414-b78c-22239141c5cb"
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