appendage

Noun
  1. An external body part that projects from the body (synset 105567541)
    "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
    is a type of: external body part - any body part visible externally
    subtypes:
    • chelicera - either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
    • mouthpart - any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding
    • fang - an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
    • chela, claw, nipper, pincer - a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
    • parapodium - one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing
    • fin - organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
    • pleopod, swimmeret - one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming
    • limb - one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
    • dactyl, digit - a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
    same as: extremity, member
  2. A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant (synset 105477841)
    "a bony process"
    is a type of: body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
    subtypes:
    • horn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
    • horn - any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
    • crest - a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
    • pseudopod, pseudopodium - temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
    • flagellum - a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
    • hair - a filamentous projection or process on an organism
    • cirrus - a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
    • spine - a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
    • aculea - small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects
    • style - a slender bristlelike or tubular process
    • villus - a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane
    • tail - the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
    • fetlock - projection behind and above a horse's hoof
    • tentacle - any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion
    • arista - bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies
    • acromial process, acromion - the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
    • ala - a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
    • alveolar arch - the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set
    • alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge - a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth
    • acrosome - a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
    • caruncle, caruncula - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
    • condyle - a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
    • coronoid process, processus coronoideus - a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone
    • epicondyle - a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments
    • fimbria - thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
    • apophysis - (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra
    • spicule, spiculum - small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
    • osteophyte - small abnormal bony outgrowth
    • papilla - a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather
    • papilla - a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell
    • appendix, cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process - a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
    • mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal - process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
    • styloid process - extends from the base of the temporal bone
    • pterygoid process - two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone
    • eminence, tubercle, tuberosity - a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
    • zygomatic process - a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch
    • trochanter - one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached
    • transverse process - one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs
    • odontoid process - a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck
    • metaphysis - the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis
    • olecranon, olecranon process - process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended
    • ridge - any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
    • excrescence - (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
    • papilla - (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
    • enation, plant process - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
    same as: outgrowth, process
  3. A part that is joined to something larger (synset 102731707)
    is a type of: part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact
    subtypes:

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