BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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Question
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Proximal
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Distal
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Anterior
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Lateral
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Detailed explanation-1: -Proximal means ‘closer to the origin of a structure’, like a limb, while distal means ‘farther away from the structure’s origin’. Thus, when comparing the shoulder to the elbow, the shoulder is proximal and the elbow is distal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Proximal: nearer to point of reference or attachment (ex: the shoulder is proximal to the elbow or the elbow is proximal to the wrist). Distal: farther away from a point of reference or attachment (ex: the elbow is distal to the shoulder or the wrist is distal to the elbow.
Detailed explanation-3: -The wrist is farther from the point of attachment to the body than the elbow, so it is distal to the elbow.
Detailed explanation-4: -In medicine, it refers to parts of the body further away from the center. For example, the hand is distal to the shoulder.
Detailed explanation-5: -The elbow is distal to the shoulder.