Remote; farther from the point of reference; away from the median sagittal plane of the face following the curvature of the dental arch.
Furthest from the place of attachment (e.g. the tip is the distal part of a leaf ).
In pollen, that part of the grain facing opposite the centre of the tetrad during meiosis.
Remote; farther from any point of reference; opposed to proximal. In dentistry, used to designate a position on the dental arch farther from the median line of the jaw.
End of any body part that is further from the midline of the body or from point of attachment.
In anatomy, farthest from the center of the median line.
Further away from the centre of a body.
In anatomy, the portion of a body part located farther away from the point of origin or attachment. The elbow, for example, is distal to the shoulder, and the distal end of the thigh bone is part of the knee joint. The opposite of distal is proximal.
Situated away from the origin or point of attachment or from the median line of the body. For example, the term is applied to a part of a limb that is furthest from the body; to a blood vessel that is far from the heart; and to a nerve fiber that is far from the central nervous system.
An adjective applied to a body part that is located further away from another part or from the centre of the body: for example, the toes are distal to the foot.
Farthest from the center, from a medial line, or from the trunk; opposed to proximal.
In anatomy, the term “distal” is used to describe a part of the body that is located farther away from another part concerning a central point of reference, such as the trunk. For instance, the fingers are considered distal to the arm because they are farther away from the central point (the trunk) than the arm. The opposite of “distal” is “proximal,” which refers to a part of the body that is closer to the central point of reference.