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Six example sentences with proximal, each labelled with its topic.
The fracture sits at the proximal end of the humerus, close to where the arm meets the shoulder.
Medicine
Botanists label the proximal cells of a root differently because they sit where the growing tissue first divides.
Science
Therapists strengthen the proximal muscles around the hip before worrying about anything happening down at the ankle.
Fitness
In a robot arm the proximal joint at the base carries the heaviest motor, since it must swing everything beyond it.
Technology
The guard broke the proximal bone of his ring finger, the one nearest the knuckle, and missed six weeks.
Basketball
Figure drawing teachers start with the proximal end of the thigh bone, where the leg meets the hip and every pose begins.
Art
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