ANTERIORLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does anteriorly mean? 

• ANTERIORLY (adverb)
  The adverb ANTERIORLY has 1 sense:

1. in an anterior direction

  Familiarity information: ANTERIORLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTERIORLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an anterior direction

Pertainym:

anterior (of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body)

 Context examples 

The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea.

(Murine Sclera, NCI Thesaurus)

The caudal portion of the trunk, bounded anteriorly and laterally by the two hip bones incorporating the socket portion of the hip joint for each leg.

(Pelvic Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating from the anterior tubercle of the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae three through six that inserts at the basilar process of the occipital bone acting to turn the neck anteriorly.

(Longus Capitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Couinaud segment III, corresponding to the lateral segment of the left lobe of the liver, located to the left of the inferior portion of the falciform ligament, anteriorly overlapping the stomach.

(Left Anterolateral Segment, NCI Thesaurus)

A fibrous band linking the thyroid and cricoid cartilages anteriorly at the midline.

(Cricothyroid Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding during labor, in which the occiput rotates anteriorly and the head of the fetus assumes an oblique orientation while the fetus descends through the maternal pelvis.

(Internal Fetal Rotation, NCI Thesaurus)

In females, this abnormality is even rarer and is characterized by the presence of an elongated urethra that has developed too far anteriorly.

(Epispadias, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of organs surrounded by loose connective tissue, separating the two pleural sacs, between the sternum anteriorly and the vertebral column posteriorly as well as from the thoracic inlet superiorly to the diaphragm inferiorly.

(Mediastinum, NCI Thesaurus)

The space in the eye, filled with aqueous humor, bounded anteriorly by the cornea and a small portion of the sclera and posteriorly by a small portion of the ciliary body, the iris, and that part of the crystalline lens which presents through the pupil.

(Anterior Chamber of the Eye, NCI Thesaurus)

Any component of the group of organs surrounded by loose connective tissue, separating the two pleural sacs, between the sternum anteriorly and the vertebral column posteriorly as well as from the thoracic inlet superiorly to the diaphragm inferiorly.

(Mediastinum Part, NCI Thesaurus)