dorsal region

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When she reached the dorsal region, Tracey told me, the patients “were leaping off the bed.”

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018

The viscero-pericardial sac of the Dibranchs is very large also, and extends into the dorsal region.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

Predorsal, prē-dor′sal, adj. situated before the dorsal region of the spine: cervical.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Kyphosis is the most common of the deviations in man and is most often found in the dorsal region, although it may be in the lumbar region.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

About the best example of the proper use of the diaphragm and the natural movement of the abdominal and dorsal region in correct breathing is illustrated in a small child.

From Vitality Supreme by Macfadden, Bernarr