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Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds.

ch connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain. Pons asinorum. Etym: [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See Asses' bridge, under…

Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes. -- n.

Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.

Situated behind, or posterior to, the anus.

Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb.

Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.

- (posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side.

Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals. -- n.

Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.

Situated on the outer side of a filament; -- said of an extrorse anther.

Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.

Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles. -- n.

Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones.

Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb.

Situated in front of the bronchus; -- applied especially to an air sac on either side of the esophagus of birds.

Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the præcordia.

Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse.

Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column.

Situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region of the skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of many animals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes. -- n.