appendicular
Americanadjective
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relating to an appendage or appendicle
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anatomy of or relating to the vermiform appendix
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of appendicular
1645–55; < Latin appendicul ( a ) appendicle + -ar 1
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Explain the difference between axial and appendicular muscles.
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The appendicular muscles of the lower body position and stabilize the pelvic girdle, which serves as a foundation for the lower limbs.
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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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How does the development of the clavicle differ from the development of other appendicular skeleton bones?
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But another and apparently insuperable objection may be raised—that the appendages of the ninth segment are the stylets, and that the gonapophyses cannot therefore be appendicular.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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