Posteriorly

The usual interpretation of the test is that if the SI joint is movable, the ilium rotates posteriorly and inferiorly during hip flexion, as evidenced by the examiner’s PSIS thumb moving caudally in relation to the sacral thumb.

It innervates the proboscis and projects two stout trunks posteriorly which supply the body.

Platzer (2004), p 250 Posteriorly below the knee joint, the popliteus stretches obliquely from the lateral femoral epicondyle down to the posterior surface of the tibia.

Posteriorly the expanded vanes of the gladius are visible in the dorsal view.

Posteriorly, they are not really joined, but appear to become lost in the neighboring integument, ending close to, and nearly parallel to, each other.

The pouch opens anteriorly, and two lateral pockets extend posteriorly when young are present.

These are posteriorly directed and vary in number (usually one to three).

These unite and end in a penis which opens posteriorly.

The tentacular system connects the tentacles at the tip of the introvert to a ring canal at their base, from which a contractile vessel that runs along the esophagus and ends blindly posteriorly.

The uterus is mobile and moves posteriorly under the pressure of a full bladder, or anteriorly under the pressure of a full rectum.

Two large blotches of dark dusky-grey hair on the side of the shoulders are each emphasized posteriorly by a dark stripe, which passes on to the foreleg and breaks up into irregular spots.

Waves of movement and stasis pass posteriorly, resulting in a series of ripples in the skin.

When wave of contractions is initiated at the front and proceeds posteriorly along the body, the animal is propelled forwards.