A tail that extends from the posterior tip of the organism to the anus, contains muscle and skeleton. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: postanal tail muscular postanal tail
Term information
- NCIT:C77663
- XAO:0003026
- AAO:0010338
- TAO:0001117
- UMLS:C0039259 (ncithesaurus:Tail)
- ZFA:0001117
- MA:0000008
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Anatomical structure that is the terminal, flexible posterior appendage of the organism.[AAO]
Organism subdivision which is the part of the body posterior to the vent which includes the anal and caudal fins.[TAO]
present at some time in chordate life history (eg in Urochordates, present only in free-swimming larvae). Function: propellor locomotion (in some species)
Term relations
- tail
- capable of part of some locomotory behavior
- part of some caudal region
- in taxon some Chordata
- transformation of some embryonic post-anal tail
- develops from some embryonic post-anal tail
- in taxon some (not Hominoidea)
- tail vasculature
- post-anal tail tip
- thagomizer
- ventral side of post-anal tail
- dorsal side of post-anal tail
- fascia of tail
- tail fat pad
- bone of tail
- caudal artery
- caudal vein
- tail blood vessel
- tail skin
- tail connective tissue
- tail vein
- tail intervertebral disc
- violet gland
- tail external integument structure
- lobe of tail
- rattle