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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.
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Appendicular skeletal systemSkeletal system
Body partCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyLateral Plate Mesoderm

Narrower (4)

Bone structure of lower limbBone structure of upper limbLeg BonesStructure of long bone

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2007
2007
Limitations of peripheral quantitative computed tomography metaphyseal bone density measurements.
CONTEXT Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) measurements are frequently obtained to assess cancellous bone density… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Bone mass changes during pregnancy and lactation in the rat.
Review
1997
Review
1997
Oncologic imaging: interactions of nuclear medicine with CT and MRI using the bone scan as a model.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Limb-salvage surgery for treatment of sarcomas of the extremities.
  • D. McDonald
  • AJR. American journal of roentgenology
  • 1994
  • Corpus ID: 35259374
The management of patients with sarcomas of the appendicular skeleton with limb-sparing surgery has become the standard of care… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Effect of hypophysectomy with and without thyroxine replacement on growth and circulating concentrations of insulin-like growth factors I and II in the fetal lamb.
The role of the pituitary gland in the regulation of skeletal growth and plasma insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF-II… 
1986
1986
Broadband ultrasonic attenuation in the os calcis and single photon absorptiometry in the distal forearm: a comparative study.
The measurement of broadband ultrasonic attenuation (BUA) in the os calcis has been described recently but the method has not… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Bone mass of the axial and the appendicular skeleton in women with Colles' fracture: its relation to physical activity.
The aim of this investigation was to elucidate whether Colles' fractures in middle-aged women were indicative of generalized bone… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Quantitative Measurement of Bone Density Using Gamma‐Ray Computed Tomography
A special purpose gamma-ray computed tomography scanner has been developed for precise measurements of bone density in the human… 
1977
1977
Vertebral and peripheral bone mineral content by photon absorptiometry.
Dual photon absorptiometry with 153Gd was used to determine the bone mineral content of the lumbar spine of 46 subjects. The bone… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
CONCURRENT AXIAL AND APPENDICULAR OSTEOPOROSIS: ITS RELATION TO CALCIUM CONSUMPTION.
OSTEOPOROSIS of aging has long been recognized as a disorder primarily of the dorsolumbar spine. Evidence that bone loss with age… 
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