The collection of all skeletal elements in a free forelimb region. Excludes the pectoral girdle. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: forelimb skeleton skeleton of forelimb upper limb skeleton skeleton of free upper limb fore limb skeleton pectoral limb skeleton ossa membri superioris free upper limb skeleton bones of upper limb skeleton of pectoral limb set of bones of upper limb skeleton of upper limb
Term information
- EHDAA2:0002222
- VSAO:0000151
- VHOG:0001256
- XAO:0003061
- AAO:0000202
- EMAPA:32623
- FMA:24142
relationship type change: differentiates_from lateral plate mesoderm (AAO:0010574) CHANGED TO: develops_from lateral plate mesoderm (UBERON:0003081)[AAO]
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
- skeleton of limb
- pectoral appendage skeleton
- part of some forelimb
- proximally connected to some pectoral girdle skeleton
- part of some skeleton of pectoral complex