posterior end

collocation in English

meanings of posteriorand end

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posterior
adjective[before noun]
uk /pɒsˈtɪə.ri.ər/ us /pɑːˈstɪr.i.ɚ/
anatomyspecialized
positioned at or towards ...
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end
noun
uk /end/ us /end/
the part of a place or thing that is furthest away from ...
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Examples of posterior end

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The thicker posteriorend extends into the caecal lumen to facilitate mating and oviposition.
Ventral surface of posteriorend ornamented with longitudinal and oblique cuticular ridges.
The cuticle is covered in the anterior half with minute regularly arranged spines, but these disappear towards the posteriorend of the body.
The pharynx lies within the tentorium and is heavily chitinised, gradually increasing in diameter towards the posteriorend.
The remainder of the gut was removed by dissection from the posteriorend of the abdomen.
The excretory vesicle is placed at the posteriorend slightly in front, and at the side of, the large sucker.
Numerous granular cystogenous cells extend from level of pharynx to posteriorend of body throughout entire width of body.
The nuclei were discarded from the posteriorend by peristaltic squeezing.
The blepharoplast is longish or round and is sometimes near the posteriorend, sometimes near the nucleus.
In the third stage, the mandibular strut at its posteriorend gives off a branch which moves towards the median line and anteriorly.
Unlike the ventral surface, the posteriorend of the dorsal surface has only a small number of papillae.
After detachment, the reproductive organs develop rapidly, with the posteriorend of the proglottis growing out to accommodate them.
From the posterior tip of the entoplastron until the posteriorend of the plastron, the midline sulcus is slightly sinusoidal.
The excretory bladder epithelium was joined at its posteriorend to the lining of the excretory atrium by a septate junction (figs 17, 18).
The greatest breadth is in the vicinity of the first three abdominal segments, from which region the body tapers towards the posteriorend.
The posteriorend of the body is very obliquely truncate.
The tropho-nucleus is situated slightly towards the posteriorend.
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