Dorsum

Dorsum (from Latin dorsum = back ) has the following meanings:

• scientific term for the back , in particular:
  • Dorsum linguae , the back of the tongue
• Dorsum (astrogeology) , ridge-like structure on a planet or satellite
• another name for the star Theta Capricorni

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.