Motor maturation proceeds in an orderly progression from:
a. peripheral to central.
b. head to toe.
c. lateral to medial.
d. pedal to cephalic.
B
Motor maturation proceeds in a cephalocaudal direction. Motor control of the head and neck de-velops first, followed by the trunk and extremities. The other choices are incorrect because they relate the maturation sequence inappropriately, from outward to central.
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