pectoral flipper tubercle
A bump or swelling adorining the head and leading edge of a pectoral flipper, associated with the multiple joints and terminal phalanges as found in the multiple phalanges of the humpback whale [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
pectoral flipper tubercle
uberon
UBERON:0013527
In a humpback the number of tubercles ranges from 9 to 11, with the first at the joint between the radius and metacarpal of digit II (with digit I absent)