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pectoral flipper tubercle

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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

Label

pectoral flipper tubercle

id

UBERON:0013527

taxon notes

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)

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