loading...| Preferred Name | leg | |
| Synonyms |
lower extremity tetrapod leg |
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| Definitions |
The portion of the hindlimb that contains both the stylopod and zeugopod. we use the less open to misinterpretation 'hindlimb zeugopod'. Editor note: currently declared as overlapping foot, as AOs disagree over whether some ankle parts are in the leg or foot |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000978 |
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| comment |
we use the less open to misinterpretation 'hindlimb zeugopod'. Editor note: currently declared as overlapping foot, as AOs disagree over whether some ankle parts are in the leg or foot |
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| database_cross_reference |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg#Limb OpenCyc:Mx4rvViYzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA EMAPA:17489 BTO:0000721 CALOHA:TS-2206 EHDAA2:0000972 MESH:D035002 EFO:0001411 VHOG:0000345 EHDAA:5151 EHDAA:6176 EHDAA:8289 GAID:49 MA:0000047 |
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| has exact synonym |
tetrapod leg |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
lower extremity |
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| homology_notes |
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] |
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| id |
UBERON:0000978 |
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| imported from | ||
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon#uberon_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#pheno_slim |
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| label |
leg |
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| notation |
UBERON:0000978 |
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| prefLabel |
leg |
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| terminology_notes |
The term leg can mean: [1] an appendage on which an animal walks [2] the entire hindlimb of a tetrapod [3] the segment of a human leg between knee and ankle (cf FMA) [4] the region of a hindlimb include the stylopod and zeugopod, but excluding the autopod. We define this class as [4], and thus 'leg' is compltely analagous to 'arm'. For [1], see the class 'locomotive weight-bearing appendage'. For [2] we use 'hindlimb'. For |
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| textual definition |
The portion of the hindlimb that contains both the stylopod and zeugopod. |
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