September 26 2013 at 637 am.
Example of distal direction. For example the outer layers of skin are superficial to deeper layers of skin. A structure that medial to. For example we could use higher and lower to refer to parts of our arms but these terms will be confusing if we lift our arms over our heads.
The management supervision or guidance of a group or operation. Superior from Latin super above describes what is above something and inferior from Latin inferus below describes what is below it. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
For example distad means in the distal direction and distad of the femur means beyond the femur in the distal direction. States that growth follows a direction and pattern that begins with the head and upper body parts and then proceeds to the rest of the body. A structure that is distal to something else is farther away from the limbs point of attachment.
Principle of the independence of systems. Colonic cancer in the proximal colon is very rare most lesions occur in the distal colon. The wrist joint is distal to the elbow joint.
The terms proximal and distal are used in structures that are considered to have a beginning and an end such as the upper limb lower limb and blood vessels. This one tiny cell divides and expands outward to become an embryo. Less precisely but still occasionally used in the trunk of the body itself to indicate whether something is closer to proximal or farther away from distal something else.
Proximal and Distal describe one point relative to another. The ventral arm plates are pentagonal with a wide distal edge and contiguous on proximal arm segments. Divides the body or any of its parts into anterior and posterior portions.