Back (disambiguation)

Back may refer to:

• In anatomy, the dorsal side of the torso in humans and other primates
  • Back (horse), the back of a horse
  • Human back, the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck and the shoulders

It may also refer to:

People

• Adam Back, British cryptographer
• Charles Back, South African winemaker
• Chris Back (born 1950), Australian politician
• Ernst Emil Alexander Back (1881–1959), German physicist
• Frédéric Back (born 1924), Canadian animator
• George Back (1796–1878), British naval officer and explorer
• Les Back (born 1962), English sociology professor and author
• Natasja Crone Back (born 1971), Danish journalist
• Neil Back (born 1969), Englis former rugby union international
• Ralph-Johan Back, Finnish computer scientist
• Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1984), Swedish composer
• William Back (1856–1911), Australian cricketer

Places

• Back (crater), lunar crater
• Back, Lewis, a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
• Back Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada
• Back railway station, in Back, Manitoba, Canada

Sports

• In Association football and Australian rules football, it is another term for the position of defender
• In hockey and many other games it means a player who is defending the goal

Qualified terms

• Fullback (American football), a common position in many football games
• Half back (disambiguation), a position in many football games
• Nickelback (American football), a defensive back in American and Canadian football
• Quarterback, a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football
• Running back, a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football
• In Rugby football, this means a player who is not involved in the scrum

Other uses

• Back vowel, a type of spoken sound
• B.A.C.K., a 1999 album by Danish thrash metal band Artillery
• Back (album), a 1983 album by Lynn Anderson
• Back (novel), a 1946 novel by Henry Green
• "Back" (song), a song by Colt Ford from the album Declaration of Independence
• An alternative spelling of bauk, a Scottish agricultural term
• In chair, the backrest
• A light-sensing unit for a camera, such as a digital camera back
• The Backs, an area of Cambridge at the rear of several colleges by the River Cam
• Back, the rear of the sound board of a string instrument
• In music, accompaniment