anteriorly

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The right and left hip bones also converge anteriorly to attach to each other.

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The middle fossa extends from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone anteriorly to the petrous ridge posteriorly.

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It extends from the nasal and oral cavities superiorly to the esophagus anteriorly.

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Muscles acting across the shoulder will also pull the shoulder and lateral clavicle anteriorly and medially, causing the clavicle fragments to override.

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Skull: Smaller and more nearly flat; rostrum shorter and more depressed; zygomatic arches shorter, heavier and widest posteriorly rather than anteriorly; interpterygoid space V-shaped as opposed to lyre-shaped; upper incisors shorter, narrower and more recurved.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.