The part of the hindlimb between pelvis and the knee, corresponding to the femur. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: stylopod of hindlimb hindlimb propodium stylopod of lower limb hind propodium upper leg thigh hindlimb stylopodium hindlimb stylopod stylopod of hind limb hind limb stylopod proximal segment of free lower limb hind limb stylopodium
Term information
- FMA:24967
- Wikipedia:Thigh
- CALOHA:TS-2039
- BTO:0001376
- EHDAA:6200
- VHOG:0000349
- NCIT:C33763
- GAID:50
- EHDAA:5171
- SCTID:302544002
- UMLS:C0039866 (ncithesaurus:Thigh)
- MA:0000052
- EMAPA:17499
- galen:Thigh
- EFO:0001943
- MESH:D013848
- EHDAA2:0002130
efo_slim, pheno_slim
Most anatomists now agree that the three proximal bones of the tetrapod limbs are homologous to the two or three proximal elements of the paired fin skeleton of other sarcopterygians, that is the humerus-femur, radius-tibia, and ulna-fibula.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- stylopod
- lower limb segment
- contributes to morphology of some hindlimb
- has skeleton some femur endochondral element
- part of some leg
- has part some femur endochondral element