GROSS ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dorsal means “towards the surface or back"; in a four-legged animal this is always its back, but in a two-legged animal it also is used to refer to the top of the brain.

Detailed explanation-2: -In animals that are quadrupedal, or walk on four legs, standard anatomical position is with all four feet on the ground so that the belly of the animal is roughly parallel with the ground.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term ventral, meaning “belly, ” always refers to the belly side of animals. In humans the terms ven-tral and dorsal are used interchangeably with the terms ante-rior and posterior, but in four-legged animals ventral and dorsal are synonymous with inferior and superior respec-tively.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main difference between dorsal and ventral is the area of the body to which they refer. In general, ventral refers to the front of the body, and dorsal refers to the back. These terms are also known as anterior and posterior, respectively.