posterior

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Research has shown that the premotor and posterior parietal cortices, along with the temporoparietal junction, are active in the brain when we are locating or thinking about ourselves.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

Brown: Posterior chain is everything up and down the backside of your body and the posterior.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

Panel recommendations include transvaginal ultrasound of the posterior compartment, observation of the relative positioning of the uterus and ovaries, and the uterine sliding sign maneuver to improve the detection of endometriosis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2024

Not since Jarvis Cocker waved his posterior at Michael Jackson has the Brits seen such depravity.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

I should record them for posterity—a word I only recently learned means the people who come after you in history, not your rear end, which is your posterior.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass