Sentence examples for directed backward to from inspiring English sources

But his gaze was also directed backward, to Europe between the world wars.

Parrots have two toes (the inner and middle) directed forward and two directed backward; this arrangement is called zygodactyl, which literally means "yoke-toed" and refers to the occurrence of toes in pairs.

In face presentation it may be necessary to turn the fetus before delivery if the chin is directed backward.

The foot of cuckoos is zygodactylous, or yoke-toed (that is, the outer toe is directed backward).

Should it be directed backward, on the other hand, considerable difficulty may be encountered, and the head may have to be flexed or rotated artificially.

The penis of marsupials is directed backward, and that of cats and rodents is directed backward, except during copulation.

Hands and feet are directed forward, as is the knee; and the elbow is directed backward.

The child may lie so that the back of its head is directed backward and toward either the right or left side.

Head with three strong frontal bristles on each side, one directed forward and the other two directed backward.

The nozzle has a single output hole with a diameter of 0.8 mm which is directed backward with an angle of 45 ^circ) with respect the longitudinal axis of the hose, as is shown in Fig. 16a.

The shorter posterior flagellum was about 0.65 times the length of the relaxed cell and directed backward; this flagellum was sometimes directed forward and moved oar-like (Additional file 1).