In an anteroventral direction or manner; positioned anteroventrally.
From 'anteroventral' combined with the adverbial suffix '-ly,' creating an adverb that describes how something is oriented or positioned.
When scientists write 'the spine extends anteroventally,' they're using this adverb to describe motion or orientation in a specific anatomical direction—it's the difference between naming a direction and describing movement along it.
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