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anterior-posterior axis

Term ID
BSPO:0000013
Synonyms
  • A-P axis
  • anteroposterior axis
  • AP axis
  • cephalocaudal axis
  • craniocaudal axis
  • rostral/caudal
  • rostrocaudal axis
Definition
An axis that extends through an organism from head end to opposite end of body or tail.
References
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Relationships
is a type of
approximately_perpendicular_to
inverse finishes_axis
inverse has_axis
inverse parallel_to
inverse starts_axis
orthogonal_to
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