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Distal   Listen
adjective
Distal  adj.  (Physiol.)
(a)
Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle; opposed to proximal.
(b)
Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.






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"Distal" Quotes from Famous Books



... Gray's 'Anatomy.' The hand is drawn to a larger scale than the foot. The line 'a a' in the hand indicates the boundary between the carpus and the metacarpus; 'b b' that between the latter and the proximal phalanges; 'c c' marks the ends of the distal phalanges. The line "a' a'" in the foot indicates the boundary between the tarsus and metatarsus; "b' b'" marks that between the metatarsus and the proximal phalanges; and "c' c'" bounds the ends of the distal phalanges; 'ca', the calcaneum; 'as', the astragalus; 'sc', the ...
— Lectures and Essays • T.H. Huxley



Words linked to "Distal" :   anatomy, general anatomy, lateral, mesial, distal muscular dystrophy, proximal



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