EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The parts further from the head are called caudal, but also inferior (Latin for: lower). Points at the front are called anterior (Latin for: forward), but sometimes also, as with the animals, ventral. Points at the back are called posterior (Latin: backwards) or dorsal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Toward the tail: for the pig, posterior is used; for humans, inferior is used (toward the feet). In either case, caudal may be used to mean toward the “tail end” of the animal.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the case of a four-legged animal, it would mean the back that is facing the sky and not the tail region. The posterior surface, in contrast, would be the tail in a four-legged animal.

Detailed explanation-4: -On a human body, dorsal (i.e., posterior) refers to the back portion of the body, whereas ventral (i.e., anterior) refers to the front part of the body. The terms dorsal and ventral are also often used to describe the relative location of a body part.

Detailed explanation-5: -Posterior is often used as a technical term in biology and medicine to refer to the back side of things, and is the opposite of anterior, which refers to the front side.