Amoebas do not have a defined anterior or posterior end like more complex organisms. Instead, they exhibit a shapeshifting, irregular form, allowing them to extend pseudopodia in various directions for movement and feeding. This flexibility enables them to adapt to their environment without a fixed body plan.
Anterior is the front end. Posterior is the back-end. Thus the "anterior end of a ruminant" means the part before the stomach, being the mouth and esophagus.
Dugesia, a genus of freshwater planarians, can be distinguished at its anterior end by the presence of eye spots (ocelli), which detect light, and a protruding structure called the pharynx, used for feeding. In contrast, the posterior end is generally more tapered and lacks these sensory and feeding features. Additionally, the anterior end is typically broader and more rounded compared to the narrower, pointed posterior end.
Anterior refers to what is in front for example your abdomen is anterior whereas your back is posterior relative to eachother. Another example is that your nose is anterior to your brain. Anterior and posterior are relative terms.
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Posterior to Iris
It's relative to the subject. Anterior refers to the "beginning" while posterior refers to an "end"
Anterior is the front end. Posterior is the back-end. Thus the "anterior end of a ruminant" means the part before the stomach, being the mouth and esophagus.
The posterior end of a worm is the lighter colored end of the organism... and the anterior end of the worm is darker.
posterior
it is toward the anterior end of a worm
The kidneys have their anterior and posterior surfaces. The foremost surface countenances towards the front stomach wall, while the back posterior surfaces confronting the posterior stomach wall. These surfaces are isolated by the edges of the kidney, which are the significant convexity horizontally, and minor concavity medially.
Anterior, posterior and lateral also.
....behind/back and antonym would be anterior - in front/front
What animals? As anterior means front and posterior means back, then most-if not all animals have a front and back, or an anterior and posterior. They are usually characterized by a mouth(anterior) or rectum/anus (posterior).
A Human
Dugesia, a genus of freshwater planarians, can be distinguished at its anterior end by the presence of eye spots (ocelli), which detect light, and a protruding structure called the pharynx, used for feeding. In contrast, the posterior end is generally more tapered and lacks these sensory and feeding features. Additionally, the anterior end is typically broader and more rounded compared to the narrower, pointed posterior end.
Anterior refers to the head end of a bilaterally symmetrical animal. The word posterior refers to the rear end or tail end.