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Upper Extremity

Known as: Upper Limbs, Superior member, Extremity-upper 
The region of the upper limb in animals, extending from the deltoid region to the HAND, and including the ARM; AXILLA; and SHOULDER.
National Institutes of Health

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42 relations

Broader (2)

Adult human bodyLimb structure
AxillaBlood supply aspectsBody partBone structure of hamate

Narrower (6)

ElbowHandLeft upper extremityPectoral girdle structure

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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Forelimb Motor Performance Following Dorsal Column, Dorsolateral Funiculi, or Ventrolateral Funiculi Lesions of the Cervical Spinal Cord in the Rat
The neuroanatomical basis of forelimb motor control was examined following various surgical spinal cord lesions in the rat. Focal… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Absence of recurrent axon collaterals in motoneurones to the extrinsic digit extensor muscles of the cat forelimb
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Arteries of the Skin
Editor's foreword. Introduction. Part 1 Description of the cutaneous arteries: upper limb lower limb head and neck trunk. Part 2… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Distribution of external cuneate nucleus afferents to the cerebellum: II. Topographical distribution and zonal pattern‐an experimental study with radioactive tracers in the cat
Small injections of tritiated leucine and the autoradiographic method were used to demonstrate efferents from restricted portions… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Potentiation of acetazolamide induced ectrodactyly in SWV and C57BL/6J mice by cadmium sulfate.
CdSO4 and acetazolamide each induce postaxial ectrodactyly in rodents when administered at a critical time in forelimb… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Protein synthesis in isolated rabbit forelimb muscles. The possible role of metabolites of arachidonic acid in the response to intermittent stretching.
Protein synthesis was measured in isolated intact rabbit muscles by the incorporation of [3H]phenylalanine added at a high… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Physiological demonstration of multiple representation in the forelimb region of the cat motor cortex
Earlier studies in primates have demonstrated a double representation of the distal forelimb in area 4. In this study… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Cadmium induced limb defects in mice: strain associated differences in sensitivity.
Cadmium (CdSO4) was given ip on day 9 at 12 or 24 mumol/kg to pregnant CD-1 (non-inbred) mice. Fetuses showed malformations of… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Limb development in the polydactylous talpid3 mutant of the fowl
The three groups of abnormal chick embryos known as talpids show a common pattern of remarkably widespread pleiotropic… 
Highly Cited
1950
Highly Cited
1950
Congenital deformities of the upper extremities
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