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cutaneous appendage

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Anatomical projection that protrudes from the skin. Examples: hair, nail, feather, claw, hoof, horn, wattle, spur, beak, antler, bristle and some scales. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Term info

Label

cutaneous appendage

Synonyms
  • skin appendage
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

editor note

Mammary glands develop by similar mechanisms, and there is an argument for including them here (e.g. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20484386), but these structures do not fit the current definition (lactiferous glands are part of the integumentary system in FMA). Note the FMA class is a subdivision of epidermis, which may be too restrictive for our purposes here.

has narrow synonym

epidermal appendage

has related synonym

epidermal growth

id

UBERON:0000021