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upper extremity

arm (hand + forearm + upper arm + pectoral girdle)
Class type of: limb, particular anatomical entity Q841423
upper extremity
Henry Vandyke Carter · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
chiral organism subdivision type, class of anatomical entity[4]
Subclass of
limb, particular anatomical entity
Part of
upper body[5]
Arterial supply
subclavian artery, axillary artery, brachial artery, radial artery, ulnar artery[18][19][20][21][22]
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[14]
Different from
arm, free upper limb[16][17]
Has part(s)
shoulder, armpit, free upper limb, human upper limb, set of bones of upper limb, skeleton of upper limbs, muscle of upper limb[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Innervated by
musculocutaneous nerve, axillary nerve, radial nerve, median nerve, ulnar nerve[23][24][25][26][27]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C12671[15]
Opposite of
lower limb[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en upper limb anatomy en upper limb en upper extremity ar الطرف العلوي ar ذراع ar طرف علوى ar طرف علوي ar الأطراف العلوية ar الأطراف العليا ar الطرف العلوى cs paže cs horní končetina de Obere Extremität de Arm (Hand, Unterarm, Oberarm und Schulter) el Άνω άκρο es membrum superius es extremidad superior fa اندام فوقانی fi yläraajat fi Käsilihakset
🔖 Identifiers · 27
OpenAlex ID
C2776660947
BNCF Thesaurus ID
5376
BVPB authority ID
98561
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119324780
Concepticon concept set ID
2121
Dewey Decimal Classification
612.97
Fandom wiki ID
arm
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
7183
Freebase ID
/m/031vsn
Golden ID (archived)
Upper_limb-R9DXX6
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
986233688
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XA4BA8
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MeSH descriptor ID
D034941
MeSH tree code
A01.378.800
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776660947
NL CR AUT ID
ph120798
Quora topic ID
Upper-Limb
SVKKL authority ID
0230787-horni-koncetiny
TA2 ID
138
TA98 Latin term
membrum superius
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A01.1.00.019
Topic's main category
Category:Upper limb anatomy
UBERON ID
0010708
UMLS CUI
C1140618
Wellcome Collection concept ID
u5dpdzbn
YSO ID
38345
Yale LUX ID
concept/7908cc84-0d38-49e6-bcd6-80eda93ba30e

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 6
hand, shoulder, armpit, arm, forearm, upper arm
Arterial supply 5
subclavian artery, brachial artery, radial artery, axillary artery, ulnar artery
Innervated by 5
ulnar nerve, median nerve, radial nerve, musculocutaneous nerve, axillary nerve
Has these parts 2
shoulder, free upper limb
← Anatomical location 2
pectoral girdle, Trousseau sign
Subclass of 1
limb
Subtypes 1
forelimb
Topic's main category 1
Category:Upper limb anatomy
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Upper limb anatomy
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Upper limb anatomy
← Worn on 1
arm sling
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Summary

upper extremity is a chiral organism subdivision type[1]. It is a type of limb[2] and particular anatomical entity[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . teachmeanatomy.info. teachmeanatomy.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . teachmeanatomy.info. teachmeanatomy.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . teachmeanatomy.info. teachmeanatomy.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . teachmeanatomy.info. teachmeanatomy.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . teachmeanatomy.info. teachmeanatomy.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . geekymedics.com. geekymedics.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . geekymedics.com. geekymedics.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . geekymedics.com. geekymedics.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . geekymedics.com. geekymedics.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . geekymedics.com. geekymedics.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 59m ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 98561
    "Created claim: BVPB authority ID: 98561, batch #294593"
  2. 19d ago · Yukkuri Shambis · 2026-10-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Gray1231.png
    Has part(s) → shoulder, armpit, free upper limb +2
    Different from → arm, free upper limb
    "Created claim: Different from: arm"
  3. 19w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Upper limbs
    Has part(s) → shoulder, armpit, free upper limb +2
    Topic's main category → Category:Upper limb anatomy
    "Created claim: Has part(s): set of bones of upper limb"
  4. 19w ago · ~2026-36990-79 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → shoulder, armpit, free upper limb +2
    Opposite of → lower limb
    "Created claim: Opposite of: lower limb"
  5. 19w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → shoulder, armpit, free upper limb +2
    "Created claim: Has part(s): free upper limb"
  6. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0230787-horni-koncetiny
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0230787-horni-koncetiny, batch #259497"
  7. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arterial supply → subclavian artery, axillary artery, brachial artery +1
    Subclass of → limb, particular anatomical entity
    Instance of → chiral organism subdivision type, class of anatomical entity
    Part of → upper body
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 38345, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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