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animal body part

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Anatomical structure which is a primary subdivision of whole organism. The mereological sum of these is the whole organism.

Anatomical structure, which is a subdivision of a cardinal body part; it may exclude bones; is demarcated from other subdivisions of the same cardinal body part by anatomical surfaces or lines or topographical references; together with other contiguous subdivisions of the same cardinal body part, it constitutes a cardinal body part. Examples: thorax, perineum, back of neck, forearm, hand, phalanx, nose, auricle of ear, scrotum.

Term info

Label

animal body part

Synonyms
  • Principal body part subdivision
  • Subdivision of cardinal body part
  • anatomical site
  • body part
  • organism subdivision
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term editor

James Malone

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