dorsum (
http://definr.com/dorsum)
n 1: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck
to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
[syn:
back]
2: the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous
surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or
appendage or part: "the dorsum of the foot")