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pectoral appendage

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Paired appendage that consists of the anterior appendicular skeleton and associated soft and hard tissues, but excludes the pectoral girdle and its associated soft and hard tissues. [ VSAO:0000150-modified ]

Synonyms: anterior paired appendage, anterior limb/fin, pectoral limb/fin, forelimb/pectoral fin, forelimb or pectoral fin, forelimb - pectoral fin

Term info

database cross reference
  • VSAO:0000125
  • VHOG:0001753
Subsets

homology_grouping

UBPROP 0000003

While the skeletons of teleost pectoral fins and tetrapod forelimbs are homologous at the level of endoskeletal radials, teleosts and tetrapods do not share homologous skeletal elements at the level of 'individuated' pro-, meso-, and metapterygia. Among osteichthyans, only basal actinopterygians retain the full complement of elements present in non-osteichthyan gnathostomes.[uncertain][VHOG]

has alternative id

UBERON:0009875

has broad synonym

anterior appendage

id

UBERON:0004710