appendicular
Americanadjective
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relating to an appendage or appendicle
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anatomy of or relating to the vermiform appendix
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Etymology
Origin of appendicular
1645–55; < Latin appendicul ( a ) appendicle + -ar 1
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Attached to this are the limbs, whose 126 bones constitute the appendicular skeleton.
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Endochondral ossification, the process that converts the hyaline cartilage model into bone, begins in most appendicular bones by the twelfth fetal week.
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The bones of the appendicular skeleton arise from embryonic mesenchyme.
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The appendicular skeleton is made up of all bones of the upper and lower limbs.
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"Diagnosis: Acute diffuse appendicular peritonitis, probably also perforation; circumscribed perityphlitic abscess."
From Appendicitis by John Henry Tilden
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