anterior
前部,前方,前面的,前部的
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Definitions
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- : situated before or at the front of; fore.
- : going before in time or sequence; preceding; earlier: events anterior to the outbreak of war.
- : Linguistics. articulated in the region extending from the alveolar ridge to the lips; alveolar, dental, or labial.
- : pertaining to or toward the head or forward end of the body.
- : pertaining to or toward the front plane of the body, equivalent to the ventral surface of quadrupeds.
- : Botany. on the front side and away from the main axis, as the lower lip of a flower.
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Marquis explains that the likeliest loci are the anterior cingulate cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and medial prefrontal cortex.
The anterior cingulate cortex plays a role in emotion, blood pressure, heart rate, morality and where we allocate our attention, all of which come into play during nightmares.
That action puts a stress in the anterior cruciate ligament.
That which is called nasality is caused by the failure of the tone to reach freely the anterior cavities of the nares.
Its anterior portion is slender and thread-like, while the posterior portion is thicker (Fig. 112).
Because the people of God view themselves as bound by anterior engagements of his Church.
This was the first settling of North America, and thirteen years anterior to the landing of the Pilgrims.
The projection of the anterior root of P4 seems to be correlated with the presence or absence of P3.