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Closer to the point of attachment or observation.

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Facing toward another tooth. The proximal surfaces of a tooth are those that touch or are close to neighboring teeth.

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Closer to the speaker.

The histological structure oc', oc 2, Distal and proximal median of the Scyphomedusae is in ocelli.

The part of the foot which carries the claws is especially retractile, and is generally found more or less telescoped into the proximal part.

A and feet with two primary papillae on the anterior side and one on the posterior side; outer jaw with one minor tooth at the base of the main tooth, inner jaw with no interval between the large tooth and the series of small ones; last fully developed leg of the male with enlarged crural gland opening on a large papilla placed on its ventral surface; coxal organs absent; the nephridial openings of the 4th and 5th pairs of legs are placed in the proximal spinous pad.

P. tholloni, Bouvier, (Equatorial West Africa [Gaboon]), shows some neotropical features; there are 24 to 25 pairs of legs, the genital opening is between the penultimate legs, and though there are only three spinous pads the nephridial openings of the 4th and 5th legs are proximal to the 3rd pad, coxal organs are present, and the jaws are of the neotropical type; the oviducts have receptacula seminis.

With 23 to 25 pairs of claw-bearing legs, four spinous pads on the legs, and nephridial openings of legs 4 and 5 in the middle of the proximal pad or on its proximal side; feet with two primary papillae, one anterior and one posterior; outer jaw with two, inner jaw with two or three minor teeth at the base of the main tooth, separated by a diastema from the row of small teeth; crural glands present in the male only, in the two pairs of legs preceding the generative opening; coxal glands present.

There are usually nine tarsal elements in the Caudata; this number is reduced in the Ecaudata, in which the two bones of the proximal row (sometimes coalesced) are much elongated and form an additional segment to the greatly lengthened hind-limb, a sort of crus secundarium.

They discovered a large aneurysm of the proximal descending aorta at the site of the Dacron Patch Graft repair done 14 years earlier.

Short stretch bandages are then applied, sometimes in several layers, to provide a graduated pressure profile, reducing from distal to proximal.

Collimate around the sides of the limb and include the whole calcaneus, the distal tibia and the proximal metatarsus.

Inflammation involves the rectum, and can extend in a continuous manner to part or all of the proximal colon.

Proximal metatarsal osteotomy will give a good correction of the deformity combined with a distal soft tissue correction of the deformity combined with a distal soft tissue correction.

The distribution of these glands is mostly proximal to the ampulla of Vater, with most of them being just distal to the pylorus.

The two bones were Ovis or Capra femur and were articulated, an unfused proximal epiphysis and the shaft from the same individual.

Instead there was internal rotation of the proximal fibula.

The segment that drains glomerular filtrate from the Bowman's capsule is the proximal convoluted tubule.

Further, bone mineral density of the proximal femur, lateral spine, and distal forearm was studied after eight years.

If a total gastrectomy is being performed for a more proximal tumor then this sequence of events can be changed.

It forms the anterior wall and fold of the axilla, extending to attach to the proximal humerus.

This patient was discharged well after a proximal loop ileostomy and repair of the terminal ileum.

Laparotomy showed the proximal ileum and distal jejunum had prolapsed through a tear at the rectosigmoid junction.

Experimental work shows that losartan (tho not its active metabolite) competitively inhibits urate reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule.

The distal ligature is knotted and the ends of the proximal ligature are held without knotting.

The white crescent at the proximal end is called the lunula.

Interpretation Low serum folate suggests malabsorption in the proximal small intestine.

Blood pressure in both arms - unequal blood pressures suggests proximal vascular occlusion.

We find that most people who have a proximal metatarsal osteotomy prefer to stay in hospital the night after the operation.

In a young patient in which femoral head preservation is preferred, however, a proximal femoral osteotomy may be indicated.

New techniques for the evaluation of tubal patency support the hypothesis that tubal ' plugs ' may be involved in proximal tubal blockage.

Examples of these conditions are fractures of the distal radius, hand phalanxes, tibial diaphysis, proximal femur and proximal humerus.

The consequent modulation in optical power reflected by the film is detected using a photodiode at the proximal end of the fiber.

Finally the naso-gastric tube is gently withdrawn until the tip is just proximal to the pyloroplasty.

Although the symptoms are predominantly proximal, peripheral involvement may also occur (3 ).

It may need to have a proximal stoma more often than a 2 layer closure.

The same procedure is carried out for the proximal half of the ruptured tendon.

The growth plate in the proximal tibia was about 3 mm wide.

New techniques for the evaluation of tubal patency support the hypothesis that tubal patency support the hypothesis that tubal ' plugs ' may be involved in proximal tubal blockage.

Uranium has a particular effect on the proximal tubules of the kidney.

Among them is Fanconi's syndrome, which is a dysfunction of the proximal kidney tubules.

In the living Cephalodiscus a zooid can crawl by means of its proboscis over the gelatinous processes of the outer side of the coenoecium, a position which it can assume owing to the very great extensibility of the stalk, the proximal suctorial end of which remains attached to the inner surface of some part of the coenoecium (Andersson, 1907).

Bearing in mind these precautions, we may classify the proximal causal agents of disease as I.External agencies.

The simple nerve-ganglion or brain (g) lies on the anterodorsal side of the pharynx, and by its position determines the orientation of the animal, the cloacal opening lying on the same side, and the course of the gut being" neural."The sense organs are a pair of pigmented eyes (oc), and two pairs of antennae, one anterior proximal and near the wreath, the other distal and usually more or less lateral.

A second guide-wire is placed next to the first wire and at the base of the proximal scaphoid pole.

Among them is Fanconi 's syndrome, which is a dysfunction of the proximal kidney tubules.

Because the check ligament attachment of the volar plate to the proximal phalanx is strong and pliable, rupture seldom occurs here.

About 80 percent of all osteosarcomas develop in the parts of the upper and lower leg nearest the knee (the distal femur or in the proximal tibia).

The next likely location for an osteosarcoma is the bone of the upper arm closest to the shoulder (the proximal humerus).

These muscles are also called proximal muscles.

The major symptoms of juvenile dermatomyositis include a characteristic reddish or purplish rash called a heliotrope rash; weakness or pain in the proximal muscles; and a low-grade fever.

Proximal muscles-The muscles closest to the center of the body.

It is characterized by shortening of the proximal limbs (i.e., the legs from knee to foot and the arms from elbow to hand).