Question

Proximodistal refers to growth in the human body that proceeds how?

Answer 1

Solution:-

The proximo distal growth means development from the centre of the body to outwards.

We can classify the growth of a human body in three stages

1. Prenatal
2. Infancy
3. Childhood

Prenatal

• The period from conception to birth
• Brain/spinal cord and organ system in trunk develops before the arms and legs
• Arms develop before hands
• Hands and feet develop before finger and toes
• Finger and toe muscles will develop at the end.

Infancy

• Infants can control their shoulders before they have control over arms or individual fingers
• At three months, infants can grasp objects and make fists, but lack the ability to point at objects or not able to reach for objects

Childhood

• The Childs main movements are by elbows and wrists
• At this time the child will develop most of the fine motor skills.

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