NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

HEAD NECK

CRANIAL CAVITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ means towards the side of the body.
A
distal
B
proximal
C
medial
D
lateral
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lateral means to the side of, or away from, the middle of the body. Examples: The ears are lateral to the nose. The arms are lateral to the chest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Medial and lateral: Medial refers to being toward the midline of the body or the median plane, which splits the body, head-to-toe, into two halves, the left and right. Lateral is the side of the body or part of the body that is away from the middle.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lateral side refers to the position on the outside edge of the elbow. The ring-shaped ligament that wraps around the head of the radius and keeps it snugly in place against the ulna. The tendon that attaches the biceps muscle at the front of the upper arm to the radius that allows the elbow to bend and supinate.

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