| Anterior (a.) Before in time |
| Anterior (a.) Before, or toward the front, in place |
| front tooth / anterior a tooth situated at the front of the mouth, "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" |
| anterior cerebral artery one of two branches of the internal carotid artery, divides into two branches that serve () the thalamus and () parts of the frontal and parietal cortex |
| anterior meningeal artery branch of the anterior ethmoidal artery that supplies meninges in the anterior cranial fossa |
| anterior temporal artery / arteria temporalis anterior temporal artery that goes to the anterior part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe |
| anterior vertebral vein / vena vertebralis anterior a vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery and opens into the vertebral vein |
| anterior cardinal vein a major drainage channel from the cephalic part of the body |
| anterior cerebral vein / vena cerebri anterior accompanies the anterior cerebral artery and empties into the basal vein |
| anterior facial vein / vena facialis anterior a continuation of the angular vein, unites with the retromandibular vein before emptying into the internal jugular vein |
| anterior jugular vein arises below the chin from veins draining the lower face, joins the external jugular vein |
| venae labiales anteriores / anterior labial veins veins from the labia majora to the external pudendal vein |