The postcranial subdivision of skeleton structural components forming the long axis of the vertebrate body; in Danio, consisting of the notochord, vertebrae, ribs, supraneurals, intermuscular bones, and unpaired median fins; in human consists of the bones of the vertebral column, the thoracic cage and the pelvis[ZFA+FMA]. [ ZFA:0000317 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=1205376&aid=2983977&group_id=76834 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2983975&group_id=76834&atid=974957 ]
Synonyms: post-cranial axial skeleton
Term information
- EFO:0000942
- EHDAA2:0000161
- FMA:71221
- AAO:0000034
- TAO:0000317
- MA:0002986
- MIAA:0000148
- VSAO:0000093
- VHOG:0000317
- EHDAA:5049
- ZFA:0000317
- MAT:0000148
- XAO:0003073
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
previous some AOs had used the term 'axial skeleton' to include the skull. This is being resolved (see tracker items above). Status: MA - fixed.
Term relations
- subdivision of skeleton
- develops from some sclerotome
- part of some postcranial axial skeletal system
- part of some axial skeleton plus cranial skeleton