An organism subdivision that includes both an appendage and its associated girdle region. Note that this includes both the skeletal elements and associated tissues (integument, muscle, etc). [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/wiki/Appendages-and-the-appendicular-skeleton ]
Synonyms: appendage/girdle complex appendage-girdle complex appendage complex girdle plus limb or fin
Term information
- VSAO:0000214
- EMAPA:37858 (MA:th)
- FMA:7182
pheno_slim
Anatomical group that consists of the soft and skeletal tissues of the appendicular region of the body and the appendage proper.[VSAO]
It is still called a complex when one of the two parts is missing (?) There are fossil fishes with only an outgrowth (no record of a girdle), including thelodonts (which have a suprabranchial fin) as well as some anaspids which have a distinctive 'paired fin' (with differing published assertions on whether it's homologous to a pec fin or pelvic fin or both or neither). There are many fishes and other vertebrates with only a girdle and no outgrowth.[VSAO]
note that the FMA uses the term 'limb' to refer to the entire appendage complex (free limb plus girdle region)
It is still called a complex when one of the two parts is missing (?) There are fossil fishes with only an outgrowth (no record of a girdle), including thelodonts (which have a suprabranchial fin) as well as some anaspids which have a distinctive 'paired fin' (with differing published assertions on whether it's homologous to a pec fin or pelvic fin or both or neither). There are many fishes and other vertebrates with only a girdle and no outgrowth.[VSAO]
Term relations
- organism subdivision
- lateral structure
- in lateral side of some multicellular organism
- functionally related to some locomotion
- only in taxon some Vertebrata