hindlimb stylopod
The part of the hindlimb between pelvis and the knee, corresponding to the femur. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
hindlimb stylopod
- hind limb stylopod
- hind limb stylopodium
- hind propodium
- hindlimb propodium
- hindlimb stylopod
- hindlimb stylopodium
- proximal segment of free lower limb
- stylopod of hind limb
- stylopod of hindlimb
- stylopod of lower limb
- thigh
- upper leg
efo_slim, pheno_slim
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Gray1238.png
uberon
femur
Most anatomists now agree that the three proximal bones of the tetrapod limbs are homologous to the two or three proximal elements of the paired fin skeleton of other sarcopterygians, that is the humerus-femur, radius-tibia, and ulna-fibula.[well established][VHOG]
UBERON:0000376
Naming conventions for pod terms under discussion within phenoscape group.
Term relations
- stylopod
- lower limb segment
- contributes to morphology of some hindlimb
- has skeleton some femur endochondral element
- part of some leg