superiorly
adverb
medicalspecializeduk/suːˈpɪə.ri.ə.li/us/səˈpɪr.i.ɚ.li/in ahigherpositiontowards thehead, away from thefeet:
处于更高位置地；更靠近头，更远离脚地Theheadislocatedsuperiorly to theshoulder.头比肩离脚更远。
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This rotation moves the right coronary sinus leftwards andsuperiorlybeneath the outlet septum, which misses its lower attachment.
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Without shoulder retraction the head can movesuperiorlywithout moving the shoulders by extension of the neck.
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The operator should try to get around the placenta laterally orsuperiorlyto breech the membranes.
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The ascending aorta was located either anteriorly or to the right and anteriorly relative to the pulmonary trunk with the aortic valve always positionedsuperiorlyto the pulmonary valve.
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In two other patients with non-committed defects, the defect situated in the inflow portion of the septum under the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve was enlarged anteriorly andsuperiorly.
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Superiorly, it is continuous with the peritoneum which lines the hepatorenal pouch and, through the epiploic foramen, the lesser sac.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is attachedsuperiorlyto the corpus callosum, the large collection of nerve fibers that connect the two cerebral hemispheres.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The suprascapular artery travelssuperiorlyto the superior transverse ligament.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Superiorly, it is attached to the lower border of the 12th rib and to the lumbocostal ligament.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This fibrous band crosses obliquely andsuperiorlyfrom the anterior aspect of the head of the fibula to the lateral condyle of the tibia.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In order to reach the eye, it runs upward (superiorly) and then bends forward (anteriorly).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The antrum rotates anteriorly andsuperiorlyso that the posterior surface of the stomach lies anteriorly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Superiorly, it continues on to the back of the thorax where it is attached to the vertebral spines and the angels of the ribs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is directedsuperiorly, as per its nomenclature, and posteriorly, nearly parallel to the posterior surface of the petrous bone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Palpable in its entire length, the crest is convexsuperiorlybut is sinuously curved, being concave inward in front, concave outward behind.
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