Terminal segment of free limb, immediately distal to the zeugopod region. The fully developed autopod consists of the autopod skeleton plus associated structures such as integument, muscle tissue, vasculature etc. The autopod is divided into mesopodial, metapodiual, and acropodial segments. Examples: human hand, mouse paw, human foot. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/303 ]
Synonyms: distal free limb segment autopodial limb segment distal segment of free limb autopodium region autopodial segment autopodium
Term information
- FMA:83015
- MA:0002714
- UMLS:C0687080 (ncithesaurus:Paw)
- SCTID:95936004
- MAT:0000091
- EMAPA:32722
- BTO:0004359
- NCIT:C77660
- MIAA:0000091
- EFO:0000877
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
Naming conventions for pod terms under discussion within phenoscape group; note that this refers to the limb segment, not just the skeleton.
Term relations
- limb segment
- distally connected to some zeugopod
- develops from some embryonic autopod plate
- has part some autopodial skeleton
- contributes to morphology of some limb