A (free) limb that is connected to a pectoral girdle. The extent of this structure includes autopod, stylopod and zeugopod regions when present, but excludes the pectoral girdle and its parts. [ UBERONREF:0000003 ]

Synonyms: free upper limb superior member anteriormost limb membrum superius upper limb fore limb forelimb upper extremity free part of upper limb pectoral limb

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference
  • VSAO:0000148
  • NCIT:C12671
  • Wikipedia:Forelimb
  • UMLS:C1140618 (ncithesaurus:Upper_Extremity)
  • MAT:0000394
  • MA:0000025
  • EMAPA:17412
  • BTO:0001729
  • FMA:24878
  • MESH:D005552
  • GAID:51
  • GAID:1215
  • MIAA:0000394
  • EV:0100014
  • CALOHA:TS-2214
  • XAO:0003030
  • EFO:0000882
  • AAO:0000205
  • SCTID:182245002
  • EHDAA2:0002133
  • EHDAA:6208
  • galen:UpperExtremity
  • VHOG:0000338
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

taxonomic disambiguation
pectoral flipper

latin term
membrum superius [ FMA:TA FMA:7183 ]

curator note

Note distinction between arm and forelimb. hand is part of forelimb, but not part of arm

external definition

Upper limb, which connects the manus with the pectoral girdle.[AAO]

external ontology notes

note that this corresponds to FMA:'free upper limb' (a limb segment), NOT FMA:'upper limb'. Both MA and FMA consider shoulder (and shoulder bones) part of upper limb

has narrow synonym

pectoral flipper

id

UBERON:0002102

mutually spatially disjoint with

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002103