Structure of appendicular skeleton

Known as: APPENDICULAR SKELETON, Set of all bones of all limbs, Skeleton appendiculare 
The part of the skeleton that includes the bones of the upper and lower limbs.
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2011
Highly Cited
2011
Lrp5 functions in bone to regulate bone mass
The human skeleton is affected by mutations in low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5). To understand how LRP5… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
New bioimpedance analysis system: improved phenotyping with whole-body analysis
Objective: Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) is a potential field and clinical method for evaluating skeletal muscle mass (SM) and %fat… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Wnt-14 Plays a Pivotal Role in Inducing Synovial Joint Formation in the Developing Appendicular Skeleton
The long bones of the vertebrate appendicular skeleton arise from initially continuous condensations of mesenchymal cells that… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Indian hedgehog coordinates endochondral bone growth and morphogenesis via parathyroid hormone related-protein-dependent and -independent pathways.
Indian hedgehog (Ihh) and Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein (PTHrP) play a critical role in the morphogenesis of the vertebrate… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Msx2 deficiency in mice causes pleiotropic defects in bone growth and ectodermal organ formation
The composite structure of the mammalian skull, which forms predominantly via intramembranous ossification, requires precise pre… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Differential effect of race on the axial and appendicular skeletons of children.
The prevalence of osteoporosis and the incidence of fractures are substantially lower in black than in white subjects, a finding… (More)
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1997
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1997
Skeletal complications of malignancy.
The skeleton is the most common organ to be affected by metastatic cancer, and tumors arising from the breast, prostate, thyroid… (More)
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1995
Highly Cited
1995
Radiographic osteoarthritis of the hip and bone mineral density. The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group.
OBJECTIVE To examine the cross-sectional association between radiographic features of hip osteoarthritis (OA) and bone mineral… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Axial homeosis and appendicular skeleton defects in mice with a targeted disruption of hoxd-11.
Using gene targeting, we have created mice with a disruption in the homeobox-containing gene hoxd-11. Homozygous mutants are… (More)
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Differential changes in bone mineral density of the appendicular and axial skeleton with aging: relationship to spinal osteoporosis.
Patterns of bone loss in the axial and the appendicular skeleton were studied in 185 normal volunteers (105 women and 82 men; age… (More)
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