NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
HUMAN ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY
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proximal
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distal
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inferior
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medial
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The hip joint is (a.) proximal to the knee joint. The term ‘proximal’ means that the body part is closer to the trunk of the body.
Detailed explanation-2: -If you were to look at this backwards, you would say that they hip lies proximal to the ankle. Distal means further away from the center of the body and proximal means up the leg towards the center of the body. The nose would be superior to the mouth. The mouth, however, would be inferior to the nose.
Detailed explanation-3: -The hip joint contains a strong fibrous capsule that attaches proximally to the acetabulum and transverse acetabular ligament and distally to the neck of the femur anteriorly at the greater trochanter (see the image below).