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What does posterolateral mean?

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Adjective
  1. (anatomy) Situated on the side and toward the posterior aspect.
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A posterolateral thoracotomy was performed and the chest was entered through the fifth interspace, with the left lung collapsed.
A thoracotomy was then performed through a standard right posterolateral thoracotomy incision.
The size and shape of the foliate papillae on the posterolateral margins of the tongue are variable.
The marginals lack ridges, and the posterolateral marginals are not serrated.
The posterolateral margins of the frontoparietals lie medial to the epiotic eminences.
The insertion is tendinous on the posterior surface of the hypotarsus and along the posterolateral ridge of the tarsometatarsus.

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