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forelimb

[′fȯr‚lim]

(anatomy)

An appendage (as a wing, fin, or arm) of a vertebrate that is, or is homologous to, the foreleg of a quadruped.

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Its short, strong forelimbs and large claws would have permitted T.

T. Rex May Have Used Its Tiny Arms For Slashing Prey

Measures were scored as: snout-vent-length (SVL, distance from top of the head to the posterior edge of the cloaca basis); forelimb traits: humerus (H), radioulna (R), distal part of forelimb (DF, distance from radiocarpal joint to the tip of third finger); hindlimb traits: femur (F), tibiofibula (T), distal part of hindlimb (DH, distance from tibiotarsal joint to the tip of fourth finger); sacral traits: sacral width (SW), and sacral diapophyseal expansion (DE).

Sexual dimorphism in size and shape of traits related to locomotion in nine anuran species from Serbia and Montenegro

There was no significant difference in latency to fall in the forelimb grip test between vanadium-exposed groups and their respective controls in all age groups.

Memory Deficit Recovery after Chronic Vanadium Exposure in Mice

The distal aspect of right forelimb was prepared aseptically for surgery.

Surgical management of congenital lipoma in a cow

Forelimb motor functions in these animal models were then examined over a period of 6 weeks by three different methods: electrophysiological, histopathological, and assessment and statistical comparison of forelimb motor function restoration between juvenile and adult rats.

Mechanism of forelimb motor function restoration after cervical spinal cord hemisection in rats: a comparison of juveniles and adults

When it hits the ground (stance phase), the outboard hindlimb extends backward and the inboard forelimb flexes backward, both exerting force against the ground and impelling the body to the turning movement (see Figure 3B).

Underwater turning movement during foraging in Hydromedusa maximiliani (Testudines, Chelidae) from southeastern Brazil/Movimento de giro subaquatico durante o forrageio em Hydromedusa maximiliani (Testudines, Chelidae) do Sudeste do Brasil

This primary role for the spinal cord lesion is further supported by the tendency of forelimbs and hind limbs to be affected bilaterally because muscle involvement might be expected to lead to more randomly distributed lesions.

Natural intrauterine infection with Schmallenberg virus in malformed newborn calves

Location motor neurons projecting to the cat distal forelimb.

Segments of spinal cord harboring motor neuron somata of radial nerve of rabbit

Morphometeric studies involved the fetal body weight, crown rump length, head and eye circumferences, length of forelimb and hindlimb.

Rifampicin Induced Embryotoxicity in Mus musculus

The triceps muscle is composed of three heads and is the largest muscle of the forelimb which works as extensor of the elbow and flexes the shoulder joint.

Biomechanical characrerization of bovine forelimb muscles

As described earlier, the right forelimb did not influence this measurement because it was denervated.

Stretch-induced nerve injury: a proposed technique for the study of nerve regeneration and evaluation of the influence of gabapentin on this model

Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the viability of a proposed biomechanical system of induced-traction used to compare the two deep digital flexor tenotomy techniques currently employed in clinical practice by measuring the distal articular angles of equine cadaver forelimbs.

Effects of two different deep digital flexor tenotomy techniques on distal articular angles of equine cadaver forelimbs/Efeito de duas tecnicas de tenotomia do flexor digital profundo sobre os angulos articulares distais dos membros anteriores de equinos: estudo post-mortem