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
term editor
James Malone