Which organ is distal to the stomach?
Answers:
>I certainly hope that this is NOT a sound out that your teacher
>asked. The idea for this statement is that, the word "distal" is
>ONLY correctly used when referring to body parts located on
>the appendages . . . NOT the trunk of the body. Distal means
>"furthermost away from the trunk of the body" while
>"proximal" means "closest to the trunk of the body.
>If your coach asked this question, afterwards your teacher is
>uninformed. The anatomical words that she COULD use to
>refer to the organs contained by the abdominopelvic regions would be
>superior, inferior, lateral, medial, intermediate.
>You can tell her I said so.
>ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TEACHER
And you can hear it from someone who have to know this sort of information to keep populace alive: this sort of terminology is used on a day by day basis surrounded by multiple areas of medicine. AND IT IS CORRECT TERMINOLOGY.
Your alternative answers DO NOT CORRECTLY CONVEY the relative locations contained by the anatomic and physiologic course of the GI tract.
Distal: The more (or most) distant of two (or more) things. For example, the distal end of the femur (the thigh bone) is the completion down by the knee; the conclusion more distant from the torso. The distal bile duct is the far end of the cystic duct, the finishing away from the gallbladder. And the distal lymph node in a cuff of nodes is the most distant one. The opposite of distal is proximal.
Look it up:
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Similar definition in adjectives these references which be the first 25 or so entries found by googling "medical dictionary"
Shall I quote more references?
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Dr J: "OR FROM THE POINT OF ORIGIN..." the point of place of birth being the stomach(in this case), or the start of the Gi tract (i.e. oral cavity, teeth, chops, or whatever you prefer as the origin).
Your quotation failed to mention that this permanent status is referenced from the trunk as our esteemed "ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TEACHER" [sic] has so emphatically stated.
Beside, I use Dorland's and may I quote: "Distal - remote; farther from any point of citation; opposed to proximal."
On the other paw, how would you phrase the question to avoid any ambiguity? What is your preferred lingo?
And forgive me, yes, novangelis's answer is correct.
Duodenum (first segment of small intestine)
I certainly hope that this is NOT a put somebody through the mill that your teacher asked. The plea for this statement is that, the word "distal" is ONLY correctly used when referring to body parts located on the appendages . . . NOT the trunk of the body. Distal means "extreme away from the trunk of the body" while "proximal" means "closest to the trunk of the body.
If your don asked this question, afterwards your teacher is uninformed. The anatomical words that she COULD use to refer to the organs within the abdominopelvic regions would be superior, inferior, lateral, medial, intermediate.
You can tell her I said so.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TEACHER
Hi Stina. Controversy is so much fun! If you step to Pubmed/medline and run a search of the world's medical literature using the jargon "distal colon" you will find 5587 scientific papers planned that used these terms. If you hunt using the terms "distal small intestine" you will find 4825 medical research papers using these lingo. So, I guess I don't understand the 'nit-picking' around the 'proper' use of the term distal.
So, let go to a medical dictionary! My behind the times medical dictionary (Stedman's) defines distal close to this: "Situated away from the center of the body, OR FROM THE POINT OF ORIGIN...". The doc with adjectives that training is WRONG!
This info. is provided to you by a 'lowly' Chiropractor that prefers legitimate sources for my fluency (rather than ego and hysteria).
Best wishes.
I forgot ... Novangel is correct, the Duodenum is DISTAL to the stomach.
The question is written wrong I believe?
But -I know this: The most distal and get thinner section of the stomach is term the pylorus.
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