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limb
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A paired appendage that is evolved from a paired fin. The extent of this structure includes autopod, stylopod and zeugopod regions when present, but excludes the girdle and its parts. [ ]
Term info
Label
limb
Synonyms
- free limb
- limb sensu Vertebrata
- pentadactyl limb
- tetrapod limb
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
external definition
Organism subdivision that has as its parts the jointed appendages used for locomotion and manipulation.[AAO]
has narrow synonym
flipper
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
extremities, extremity
homology notes
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]
id
UBERON:0002101
Term relations
Subclass of:
- paired limb/fin
- has skeleton some skeleton of limb
- existence ends during some fully formed stage
- develops_from some limb bud
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