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an·te·ri·or

 (ăn-tîr′ē-ər)
adj.
1. Placed before or in front.
2. Occurring before in time; earlier.
3. Anatomy
a. Located near or toward the head in lower animals.
b. Located on or near the front of the body in higher animals.
c. Located on or near the front of an organ or on the ventral surface of the body in humans.
4. Botany In front of and facing away from the axis or stem.

[Latin, comparative of ante, before; see ant- in Indo-European roots.]

an·te′ri·or′i·ty (-ôr′ĭ-tē, -ŏr′-) n.
an·te′ri·or·ly adv.
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anteriorly

(ænˈtɪərɪəlɪ)
adv
1. in an anterior position
2. at a previous time, previously, beforehand
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During routine anatomical dissection of the supraclavicular and infraclavicular regions on the left side of an adult male cadaver at Department of Anatomy, Medical College, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, we observed a supernumerary muscle that was attached, anteriorly, to the first costal cartilage and ran posteriorly and laterally crossing over the brachial plexus and subclavian vessels to end inserted on the fascia of the posterior surface of the serratus anterior muscle between its first two digitations, about 15 mm medially to the suprascapular notch (coracoid notch).
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Brueelia Keler, 1936 (Ischnocera: Philopteridae): Head: Noncircumfasciate; somewhat triangular with anteriorly flat or concave to rounded, truncated posteriorly with smooth temples; hyaline margin engraved medially; ventral carina interrupted at median; antennae monomorphic or sexually dimorphic.
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