Look up hindlimb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A hindlimb or back limb is one of the paired articulated appendages (limbs) attached on the caudal...

counter-rotate to balance the rotation of the hindlimbs shorter forearms make it easier to counterbalance hindlimbs shorter forearms cost less to keep flexed...

extend downward The appendicular skeleton contains the fore and hindlimbs. The hindlimb attaches to the vertebral column via the pelvis, while the forelimb...

beneath. In chickens, Tbx4 specifies hindlimb status, while Tbx5 specifies forelimb status. In mice, however, both hindlimbs and forelimbs can develop in the...

the hindlimbs or back legs. In animals with a more erect bipedal posture (mainly hominid primates, particularly humans), the forelimbs and hindlimbs are...

from which it gets its name, and additional findings comprising fore and hindlimb elements that were discovered from the 1960s through the 1980s. Therizinosaurus...

pterosaur hindlimb morphology seem to vindicate a connection to Scleromochlus. Like this archosaur, basal pterosaur lineages have plantigrade hindlimbs that...

considered a run. Forelimb-hindlimb phase is the temporal relationship between the limb pairs. If the same-side forelimbs and hindlimbs initiate stance phase...

one virtually legless genus Chamaesaura, containing five species with hindlimbs reduced to small scaly protuberances. Pygopodidae – all 44 species; they...

The genus contains a single species, E. infernalis, known from a partial hindlimb. The Eoneophron fossil material was discovered in sediments of the Hell...

of the limbs, including the femur, by the 12th week of development. The hindlimb development lags behind forelimb development by 1–2 days. As the femur...

sprawling forelimbs, and some late Permian ones also had semisprawling hindlimbs. In fact, modern monotremes still have semisprawling limbs. The dentary...

underside, either the palmar (on the forelimb) or the plantar (on the hindlimb) surface. The palmar fascia is palmar to the tendons of muscles which flex...

the thorax became dominant. As a result, the vertebrae anterior to the hindlimb buds (when present) all have the same thoracic-like identity (except from...

Prestosuchus (meaning "Prestes crocodile") is an extinct genus of pseudosuchian in the group Loricata, which also includes Saurosuchus and Postosuchus...

(sometimes known together with the abdomen as the lower torso, where the hindlimbs extend). In humans, most critical organs, with the notable exception of...

width (wide or narrow), brown anoles wide-surface terraria grew longer hindlimb than their narrow-surface terraria counterparts. Brown anoles demonstrate...

forelimbs, like those known from Pinacosaurus, but it is unknown whether the hindlimbs bore osteoderms. The tail club (or tail knob) of Ankylosaurus was composed...

S2CID 1515413. Campbell, Jr., K. E.; Marcus, L. (1992). "The relationship of hindlimb bone dimensions to body weight in birds". Papers in Avian Paleontology...

known skeleton includes most of the forelimb, shoulder girdle, pelvis, hindlimb and ribs of the holotype, and one shoulder bone, a radius and some vertebrae...

bodies, velvety fur, very small, inconspicuous eyes and ears, reduced hindlimbs, and short, powerful forelimbs with large paws adapted for digging. The...

"Dinosaurs". Kubo, Tai; Benton, Michael J. (November 2007). "Evolution of hindlimb posture in archosaurs: limb stresses in extinct vertebrates" (PDF). Palaeontology...

P581-583 Wang Z (2018-01-10). "Low molecular weight fucoidan ameliorates hindlimb ischemic injury in type 2 diabetic rats". Journal of Ethnopharmacology...

incompletely known, with fossil specimens accounting for the pelvic girdle, hindlimbs, posterior presacral, sacral and anterior caudal vertebrae. Skull and...

Cat hindlimb musculoskeletal model with redundant degrees of freedom at muscles (red lines) and joints...

which affects the structure of their leg skeleton. They use only their hindlimbs to walk (bipedalism). Their forelimbs evolved to become wings. Most bones...

Chindesaurus (/ˌtʃɪndɪˈsɔːrəs/ CHIN-diss-OR-əs) is an extinct genus of basal saurischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic (213-210 million years ago) of...

Thin sections of hindlimb bones showing stages of the growth series...

as the patella. In birds, tendon ossification primarily occurs in the hindlimb, while in ornithischian dinosaurs, ossified axial muscle tendons form a...

84–8. Ariano, M. A.; Armstrong, R. B.; Edgerton, V. R. (7 August 1972). "Hindlimb Muscle Fiber Populations Of Five Mammals". Journal of Histochemistry &...