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Back

Known as: Regions of back, Dorsum, backs 
The rear surface of an upright primate from the shoulders to the hip, or the dorsal surface of tetrapods.
National Institutes of Health

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22 relations

Broader (4)

Anatomic structuresBody RegionsBody partTrunk structure
Back structure, including back of neckBlood supply aspectsBone structure of scapulaChest

Narrower (2)

Lumbosacral RegionSkeletal muscle structure of back

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Wavelength dependence of mycosporine-like amino acid synthesis in Gyrodinium dorsum.
  • M. KlischD. Häder
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. B…
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 19370042
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Role of Nitric Oxide in Dilating the Fetal Ductus Arteriosus in Rats
Prostaglandin E is a major dilator of the fetal ductus arteriosus (DA), but the role of nitric in fetal ductal dilation has not… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Plasma extravasation in the skin and pelvic organs evoked by antidromic stimulation of the lumbosacral dorsal roots of the rat
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Relationship between radiobiological hypoxia in tumors and electrode measurements of tumor oxygenation.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Inhibition of leukocyte-endothelial adherence following thermal injury.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Mechanism of action of the selective tumor radiosensitizer nicotinamide.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Pain on i.v. Injection of Propofol (ICI 35 868) in Emulsion Formulation
Pain on injection of three anaesthetic induction agents, thiopentone, methohexitone and propofol (diisopropyl phenol… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
CELL POPULATION KINETICS AND DESQUAMATION SKIN REACTIONS IN PLUCKED AND UNPLUCKED MOUSE SKIN
The kinetics of cellular proliferation in plucked and unplucked dorsal skin of mice after local X‐irradiation are described, in… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Oral epithelial dendritic cells of the Rhesus monkey--histologic demonstration, fine structure and quantitative distribution.
Morphologic and quantitative observations were made of the dendritic cell population of the oral epithelium of Rhesus monkeys… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
The effect of locally injected anti-inflammatory drugs on the synthesis of collagen and non-collagen protein of carrageenin granuloma in rats.
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