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 upper leg hind propodium thigh hindlimb stylopodium hindlimb stylopod hind limb stylopod stylopod of hind limb proximal segment of free lower limb hind limb stylopodium
Term information
- UMLS:C0039866 (ncithesaurus:Thigh)
- BTO:0001376
- CALOHA:TS-2039
- EMAPA:17499
- NCIT:C33763
- EHDAA2:0002130
- EHDAA:6200
- SCTID:302544002
- EHDAA:5171
- FMA:24967
- EFO:0001943
- MESH:D013848
- Wikipedia:Thigh
- galen:Thigh
- GAID:50
- MA:0000052
- VHOG:0000349
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
- lower limb segment
- stylopod
- contributes to morphology of some hindlimb
- has skeleton some femur endochondral element
- part of some hindlimb
- part of some leg
- fascia lata
- adductor brevis
- adductor magnus
- adductor longus
- femoral fat pad
- gracilis
- femur
- musculature of hindlimb stylopod
- upper leg nerve
- hindlimb stylopod muscle
- upper leg blood vessel
- upper leg skin
- upper leg connective tissue
- muscle of posterior compartment of hindlimb stylopod
- femoral gland
- upper leg mesenchyme
- upper leg epithelium
- hindlimb stylopod vein endothelial cell
- femur endochondral element
- pectineus muscle
- upper leg bone