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forelimb

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A (free) limb that is connected to a pectoral girdle. The extent of this structure includes autopod, stylopod and zeugopod regions when present, but excludes the pectoral girdle and its parts. [ UBERONREF:0000003 ]

Synonyms: free upper limb, superior member, anteriormost limb, membrum superius, upper limb, fore limb, forelimb, upper extremity, free part of upper limb, pectoral limb

Term info

database cross reference
  • CALOHA:TS-2214
  • MIAA:0000394
  • FMA:24878
  • XAO:0003030
  • UMLS:C1140618 (ncithesaurus:Upper_Extremity)
  • MESH:D005552
  • VSAO:0000148
  • EHDAA2:0002133
  • VHOG:0000338
  • EFO:0000882
  • Wikipedia:Forelimb
  • GAID:51
  • SCTID:182245002
  • MAT:0000394
  • EV:0100014
  • EHDAA:6208
  • GAID:1215
  • BTO:0001729
  • EMAPA:17412
  • MA:0000025
  • AAO:0000205
  • NCIT:C12671
  • galen:UpperExtremity
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002103

UBPROP 0000001

Upper limb, which connects the manus with the pectoral girdle.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000012

note that this corresponds to FMA:'free upper limb' (a limb segment), NOT FMA:'upper limb'. Both MA and FMA consider shoulder (and shoulder bones) part of upper limb

curator note

Note distinction between arm and forelimb. hand is part of forelimb, but not part of arm

has narrow synonym

pectoral flipper

id

UBERON:0002102

prefLabel

Upper limb, forelimb, Free upper limb