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

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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

Prenatal
Infancy
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.

gladiator answered 2 years ago

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