Subdivision of skeleton consisting of all skeletal elements in an hindlimb region. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: free lower limb skeleton lower limb skeleton skeleton of free lower limb hind limb skeleton hindlimb skeleton bones of lower limb set of bones of lower limb hind-limb skeleton ossa membri inferioris skeleton of lower limb
Term information
- EMAPA:32633
- AAO:0000217
- VHOG:0001255
- EHDAA2:0002226
- VSAO:0000152
- FMA:24144
- XAO:0003062
uberon_slim
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
- pelvic appendage skeleton
- proximally connected to some pelvic girdle skeleton
- part of some skeleton of pelvic complex
- part of some hindlimb