NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Anterior or ventral-front (example, the kneecap is located on the anterior side of the leg). Posterior or dorsal-back (example, the shoulder blades are located on the posterior side of the body).

Detailed explanation-3: -"Dorsal” is a directional term meaning “toward the back.” In vertebrates like humans, this means toward the spine.

Detailed explanation-4: -The dorsal (from Latin dorsum ‘back’) surface of an organism refers to the back, or upper side, of an organism. If talking about the skull, the dorsal side is the top. The ventral (from Latin venter ‘belly’) surface refers to the front, or lower side, of an organism.

Detailed explanation-5: -back, behind, hind, last, following, hinder, mizzen, posterior, postern, rearward, reverse, stern, tail, appendage, flipper, pinna, after, hindmost, in back of, retral.