distal

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What is distal?

Distal refers to sites located away from a reference point. The hand is distal to the shoulder. The thumb is distal to the wrist. Usually, that reference point is the center or midline of the body.

Posts on distal (72)

I am 38 years old, 150 lbs, and weight train and exercise. I am in very good condition. T...
7/4/09 I was in a bicycling accident and broke the distal end of the R clavicle. The xray s...
is it possable to have a hernia in the Distal esophogus.....neither my gp or specialist tol...
Here goes. Last week i was in a lot of pain. Couldnt swallow water, food, anything. I we...
I have a vertical distal radius fracture that happened on 8/14. I'm sure that it wasn't ba...
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