Term Name: anterior-posterior axis
Synonyms: A-P axis, anteroposterior axis, AP axis, cephalocaudal axis, craniocaudal axis, rostral/caudal, rostrocaudal axis
Definition: An axis that extends through an organism from head end to opposite end of body or tail.
Ontology: Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0000013]

Relationships
is a type of: anatomical axis
approximately_perpendicular_to: dorsal-ventral axis
inverse finishes_axis: posterior side
inverse has_axis: anterior-posterior gradient
inverse parallel_to: sagittal plane
inverse starts_axis: anterior side
orthogonal_to: transverse plane