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Can you give me a few examples of cephalocaudal and proximodistal development?

April 26, 2017Development examples proximodistal

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Can you give me a few examples of cephalocaudal and proximodistal development?

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• Answer: Cephalocaudal – from head to tail – head develops before toes in prenatal development. We can lift our heads before we can walk. Proximodistal – from midline to outside – we can swat at things before we can pick them up with two fingers. Our organs develop before our fingers do.