The collection of all skeletal elements in a free forelimb region. Excludes the pectoral girdle.
Comment:
[homology-note] "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]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0001256", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0198540472 Janvier P, Early vertebrates (1996) p.268", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
bones of upper limb; fore limb skeleton; free upper limb skeleton; ossa membri superioris; pectoral limb skeleton; set of bones of upper limb; skeleton of forelimb; skeleton of free upper limb; skeleton of pectoral limb; skeleton of upper limb; upper limb skeleton