The ribs and the hand are not on a limb together, so they cannot be described in relation to each other using "proximal" and "distal." The ribs are superior and medial to the hands in anatomical position.
The wrist is proximal to the hand.
No. Proximal means closer to the body. Example: The elbow is distal to the chest. The elbow is proximal to the hand. The hand is distal to the chest and the elbow.
No . The hand is proximal to the wrist . Proximal = proximity[ closeness] Distal = distant [ farther away ]
The hand is distal, because your hand is drawing away from your body. Proximal means closer to the body.Example: The elbow is distal to the chest. The elbow is proximal to the hand. The hand is distal to the chest and the elbow.
The long hand bones proximal to the phalanges are the metacarpals. They articulate with the carpals of the wrist at one end and the phalanges of the fingers at the other end. There are five metacarpal bones in each hand.
nope. easy way to remember: proximal=proximity, hence closer to the body, and distal=distance, hence further away from the body. so the wrist is distal to the shoulder, and the shoulder is proximal to the wrist. make sense?
The shoulder is superior to the hand, it cannot be classified as distal or proximal.
the heart is medial/proximal to the rib cage
The normal liver is primarily considered deep to the right ribs. With a large breath, it may also be slightly inferior to the rib cage.
Proximal vs. distal, is in reference to the Point of attachment to the axial skeleton. So the shoulder is proximal to the wrist, or the wrist is distal to the shoulder. Distal= further away Proximal= closer
The wrist is considered proximal to the hand because it is closer to the origin of the upper limb. In other words, if you draw a line from the trunk through the arm to its end, you hit the wrist first.
The metacarpal bones are proximal to the fingers. They are closer than the fingers to the origin of the hand.