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Ontology Browser

Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
digit +    
limb segment +    
autopod region +  
digit 1 or 5 +  
digit 2, 3 or 4 +  
digit 6 +  
digit 7 +  
digit 8 +  
digit connective tissue +  
digit mesenchyme +  
digit skin +  
digital artery +  
distal segment of digit +  
A segment of a digit containing the distal phalanx, and overlapping the distal interphalangeal joint[CJM]. The digit tip is derived from multiple and distinct embryonic origins, and includes the distal bone with associated marrow cavity and haematopoietic cells, ventral (flexor) and dorsal (extensor) tendons, sweat glands with myoepithelial and luminal secreting cells and associated neurons for innervation, dermis with resident melanocytes and dendritic cells, mesenchyme with resident fibroblasts, skin epidermis with hair follicles, a nail organ composed of six specific parts (the root, nail bed, nail plate, eponychium (cuticle), perionychium and hyponychium).
epidermal ridge of digit 
interphalangeal joint +  
lower limb segment +  
manual digit +  
mesopodium region +  
metacarpal/tarsal-phalangeal joint 
metapodium region +  
palmar/plantar part of autopod +  
pastern region of limb +  
pedal digit +  
phalanx endochondral element +  
segment of autopod +  
stylopod +  
subarticular sesamoid 
toe disc +  
upper limb segment +  
webbed digit +  
zeugopod +  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: digit tip ;   distal digit segment ;   tip of digit
Definition Sources: DOI:10.1038/nature10346

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