appendicular skeleton

Subdivision of skeleton which which consists of all the skeletal elements in in the pectoral and pelvic appendage complexes[cjm]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the appendicular skeleton is

Subdivision of skeleton which which consists of all the skeletal elements in in the pectoral and pelvic appendage complexes[cjm]. The atlas records it as a system at the system scale in the human body.

Where the appendicular skeleton is

It sits within the skeletal system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What the appendicular skeleton connects to

The atlas records 116 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of appendicular skeletal system.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the appendicular skeleton. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as appendicular skeleton, entire appendicular skeleton, paired fin skeleton and skeleton appendiculare. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002091, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: appendicular skeletal system.
• A kind of: subdivision of skeleton.
• contains: acropodial skeleton, arm bone, calcaneus, carpal bone, carpal skeleton and centrale, and 103 more.
• contributes to morphology of: skeletal system, long bone and pelvic girdle bone/zone.
• left of: left clavicle.
• right of: right clavicle.

Questions

Where is the appendicular skeleton?

It sits within the skeletal system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What does the appendicular skeleton connect to?

Part of: appendicular skeletal system.

Is the appendicular skeleton the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.