HEAD NECK
CRANIAL CAVITY
Question
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superior
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inferior
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The hips are inferior to the shoulders. In anatomical terms, this means that the hips are further from the head than the shoulders. The opposite directional term would be superior. The shoulders would be superior to the hips.
Detailed explanation-2: -The knee is located inferior to the hip. This is because inferior means below which the knee is compared to the hip in the vertical axis. The knee is part of the lower limb so one can also describe the knee as distal to the hip which means the knee is further away from the origin of the limb (ie.
Detailed explanation-3: -Proximal Definition Proximal refers to a body part being closer to the center of the body, relative to another body part. For example, the top of the femur (thigh bone), which fits into the hip socket, is called the proximal femur.