forelimb
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
- XAO:0003030
- FMA:24878
- SCTID:182245002
- BTO:0001729
- AAO:0000205
- EMAPA:17412
- galen:UpperExtremity
- EHDAA:6208
- EHDAA2:0002133
- MAT:0000394
- GAID:1215
- MESH:D005552
- GAID:51
- CALOHA:TS-2214
- MA:0000025
- VSAO:0000148
- EFO:0000882
- Wikipedia:Forelimb
- NCIT:C12671
- VHOG:0000338
- EV:0100014
- MIAA:0000394
- UMLS:C1140618 (ncithesaurus:Upper_Extremity)
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002103
Upper limb, which connects the manus with the pectoral girdle.[AAO]
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
Note distinction between arm and forelimb. hand is part of forelimb, but not part of arm
foreleg
pectoral flipper
uberon
UBERON:0002102
Upper limb, forelimb, Free upper limb
Term relations
- limb
- pectoral appendage
- part of some anterior region of body
- anterior to some hindlimb
- has skeleton some forelimb skeleton
- develops from some forelimb bud