Which organ is distal to the stomach?

Answer 1

>I certainly hope that this is NOT a question that your teacher
>asked. The reason for this statement is that, the word "distal" is
>ONLY correctly used when referring to body parts located on
>the appendages . . . NOT the trunk of the body. Distal means
>"farthest away from the trunk of the body" while
>"proximal" means "closest to the trunk of the body.

>If your teacher asked this question, then your teacher is
>uninformed. The anatomical words that she COULD use to
>refer to the organs in the abdominopelvic regions would be
>superior, inferior, lateral, medial, intermediate.

>You can tell her I said so.

>ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TEACHER

And you can hear it from someone who has to know this sort of information to keep people alive: this sort of terminology is used on a daily basis in multiple areas of medicine. AND IT IS CORRECT TERMINOLOGY.

Your alternative answers DO NOT CORRECTLY CONVEY the relative locations in the anatomic and physiologic course of the GI tract.

Distal: The more (or most) distant of two (or more) things. For example, the distal end of the femur (the thigh bone) is the end down by the knee; the end more distant from the torso. The distal bile duct is the far end of the cystic duct, the end away from the gallbladder. And the distal lymph node in a chain of nodes is the most distant one. The opposite of distal is proximal.

Look it up:
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9252
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?distal
http://www2.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwmednlm?book=Medical&va=distal
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/distal
http://www.intelihealth.com/cgi-bin/dictionary.cgi?book=Medical&adv=0&cgi=1&t=9276&p=%7Ebr%2CIHW%7C%7Est%2C9276%7C%7Er%2CWSIHW000%7C%7Eb%2C%2A%7C&WEB_HOME=%2FIH%2F&MIVAL=ihtIH&WEB_HOST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.intelihealth.com&va=distal&search.x=0&search.y=0
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=26138

Similar definitions in all these references which were the first 25 or so entries found by googling "medical dictionary"

Shall I quote more references?


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Dr J: "OR FROM THE POINT OF ORIGIN..." the point of origin being the stomach(in this case), or the start of the Gi tract (i.e. oral cavity, teeth, lips, or whatever you prefer as the origin).

Your reference failed to mention that this term is referenced from the trunk as our esteemed "ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TEACHER" [sic] has so emphatically stated.

Beside, I use Dorland's and may I quote: "Distal - remote; farther from any point of reference; opposed to proximal."

On the other hand, how would you phrase the question to avoid any ambiguity? What is your preferred terminology?

And forgive me, yes, novangelis's answer is correct.

Answer 2

Hi Stina. Controversy is so much fun! If you go to Pubmed/medline and run a search of the world's medical literature using the terms "distal colon" you will find 5587 scientific papers listed that used these terms. If you search using the terms "distal small intestine" you will find 4825 medical research papers using these terms. So, I guess I don't understand the 'nit-picking' about the 'proper' use of the term distal.

So, lets go to a medical dictionary!!! My old medical dictionary (Stedman's) defines distal like this: "Situated away from the center of the body, OR FROM THE POINT OF ORIGIN...". The doc with all that training is WRONG!

This info. is provided to you by a 'lowly' Chiropractor that prefers legitimate sources for my knowledge (rather than ego and hysteria).

Best wishes.

I forgot ... Novangel is correct, the Duodenum is DISTAL to the stomach.

Answer 3

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Which organ is distal to the stomach?

Answer 4

The question is written wrong I believe???
But -I know this: The most distal and narrow section of the stomach is termed the pylorus.

Answer 5

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1. Mouth 2. Buccal cavity 3. Pharynx 4. Oesophagus 5. Stomach 6. Duedonum 7. Jejunum 8. Ileum 9. Caecum on one end, it ends in a blind tube called appendix 10. Colon 11. Rectum 12. Anus *Dueodenum, Jejum and Ileum forms small intestine. *caecum, Colon and rectum forms large instestine.

Answer 6

I certainly hope that this is NOT a question that your teacher asked. The reason for this statement is that, the word "distal" is ONLY correctly used when referring to body parts located on the appendages . . . NOT the trunk of the body. Distal means "farthest away from the trunk of the body" while "proximal" means "closest to the trunk of the body.

If your teacher asked this question, then your teacher is uninformed. The anatomical words that she COULD use to refer to the organs in the abdominopelvic regions would be superior, inferior, lateral, medial, intermediate.

You can tell her I said so.

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TEACHER

Answer 7

Liver is important organ in digestive system. And pancreas is also a very important gland . It is also called as master gland. It controls the functioning(production of hormones) of all endocrine glands.

Answer 8

Duodenum (first segment of small intestine)