Posterior ( Galen, c177 ) : Dorsal (Barclay, 1803) in relation to the longitudinal axis (Barclay, 1803); commonly used in this way for human and other primate anatomy, as was the case for Galen; see translations of Singer (1999, p. 129) and Duckworth (1962, pp. 229, 231). Also see anterior (Aristotle), Standring (2008, Fig. 1).

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