dorsum meaning
Noun: dorsum (dorsa) dorsum
- The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- back - The back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part)
"the dorsum of the foot"
Derived forms: dorsa
See also: dorsal
Type of: body part
Encyclopedia: Dorsum
[Medicine]
n
1 : the upper surface of an appendage or part
2 : BACK 1a b; esp : the entire dorsal surface of an animal
Examples
More: Next- the skin of the dorsum of the nose may be lacerated.
- repair of soft tissue defects of the dorsum of hands with fascia lata flaps
- summarization on the treatment of 60 cases of dorsum joint of lumbar vertebrae syndrome with tuina and sport
- repair of retrograde skin avulsion injury on the dorsum of the hand by replantation in situ with subdermal vascular network flaps
- mr imaging revealed an infiltrative enhancing epidural tumor at the dorsum of t2 to t5 levels with foraminal extension