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postcranial axial skeleton

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The postcranial subdivision of skeleton structural components forming the long axis of the vertebrate body; in Danio, consisting of the notochord, vertebrae, ribs, supraneurals, intermuscular bones, and unpaired median fins; in human consists of the bones of the vertebral column, the thoracic cage and the pelvis[ZFA+FMA]. [ ZFA:0000317 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2983975&group_id=76834&atid=974957 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=1205376&aid=2983977&group_id=76834 ]

Synonyms: post-cranial axial skeleton

Term info

database cross reference
  • ZFA:0000317
  • MA:0002986
  • EMAPA:37721 (MA:th)
  • MIAA:0000148
  • EMAPA:17214
  • EFO:0000942
  • EHDAA:5049
  • VSAO:0000093
  • EHDAA2:0000161
  • TAO:0000317
  • XAO:0003073
  • AAO:0000034
  • FMA:71221
  • VHOG:0000317
  • MAT:0000148
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

The post-cranial structural components forming the long axis of the vertebrate body; usually consists of the notochord, vertebrae, ribs, supraneurals, intermuscular bones, and unpaired median fins.[TAO], The axial skeleton is formed by the vertebral column, a metameric, semi-flexible, arched bar located in the dorsal part of the trunk, and is formed by a series of cartilaginous or bony vertebrae. It provides suspension for the appendicular skeleton and protection for the spinal nerve cord.[AAO], Skeletal subdivision of the central body axis including vertebrae, notochord, ribs, and sternum.[VSAO]

UBPROP 0000003

The axial musculoskeletal system represents the plesiomorphic locomotor engine of the vertebrate body, playing a central role in locomotion. In craniates, the evolution of the postcranial skeleton is characterized by two major transformations. First, the axial skeleton became increasingly functionally and morphologically regionalized. Second, the axial-based locomotion plesiomorphic for craniates became progressively appendage-based with the evolution of extremities in tetrapods.[well established][VHOG]

comment

previous some AOs had used the term 'axial skeleton' to include the skull. This is being resolved (see tracker items above). Status: MA - fixed.

has broad synonym

axial skeleton

id

UBERON:0002090

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

prefLabel

Axial skeleton

see also

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/docs/The-axial-skeleton