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Distal

Definición

Se refiere a sitios que se localizan lejos de un punto de referencia. Cuando se usa en medicina, se refiere a partes del cuerpo alejadas del centro. Por ejemplo, la mano es distal al hombro. El pulgar es distal a la muñeca. Por lo regular, ese punto de referencia es el centro o la línea media del cuerpo.

Distal es lo opuesto a proximal.

Revision

Last reviewed 2/16/2011 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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