Se refiere a sitios que se localizan lejos del centro o la línea media del cuerpo, como la mano que es distal al hombro o el pulgar que es distal a la muñeca.
Reviewed last on: 2/22/2009
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.