A major subdivision of an organism that is the entire part of the organism dorsal to a horizontal plane and bounded on one side by the same transverse plane. In vertebrares this includes the vertebral column.. [ BSPO:0000063 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsum_(anatomy) UBERONREF:0000006 ]
Synonyms: back of body proper dorsal part of organism back
Term information
- NCIT:C13062
- GAID:30
- EFO:0001405
- galen:Back
- Wikipedia:Dorsum_(anatomy)
- UMLS:C0004600 (ncithesaurus:Back)
- BTO:0001713
- FMA:14181
- MESH:D001415
- CALOHA:TS-2223
- SCTID:123961009
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In humans, called the back, a large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck and the shoulders. It is the surface opposite to the chest, its height being defined by the vertebral column (commonly referred to as the spine or backbone) and its breadth being supported by the ribcage and shoulders. The spinal canal runs through the spine and provides nerves to the rest of the body
Term relations
- skin of back
- lower back
- dorsal fin
- dorsal body wall
- dorsal hair
- withers
- interscapular region
- dorsal part of neck
- rotator muscle of the vertebral column
- dorsal side of post-anal tail
- dorsal feather
- dorsal osteoderm
- musculature of back
- back nerve
- bone of dorsum
- back blood vessel
- back connective tissue
- splenius
- spinal cord
- intergluteal cleft
- gluteal sulcus
- muscle of back
- hump
- dorsal trunk
- carapace
- accessory nerve cord of dorsal region
- subdivision of vertebral column
- dorsal region element
- primary dorsal nerve cord