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A limb (from the Old English lim), or extremity, is a jointed, or prehensile, appendage of the human or other animal body. In the human body, the upper and lower limbs are commonly called the arms and the legs, respectively.[1] Arms and legs are connected to torso or trunk.

Many animals use limbs for locomotion, such as walking, running, or climbing. Some animals can use their front limbs (or upper limbs in humans) to carry and manipulate objects. Some animals can also use hind limbs for manipulation.

Human legs and feet are specialized for two-legged locomotion – most other mammals walk and run on all four limbs. Human arms are weaker, but very mobile allowing us to reach at a wide range of distances and angles, and end in specialized hands capable of grasping and fine manipulation of objects.

See also

  • Limb development
  • Orthosis

References

  1. "Limb". medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
Human regional anatomy
Head
  • Face
    • Forehead
    • Cheek
    • Chin
    • Eye
    • Nose
    • Mouth
      • Lips
  • Ear
  • Jaw
  • Mandible
  • Occiput
  • Scalp
  • Temple
Neck
  • Adam's apple
  • Throat
  • Nape
Torso (Trunk)
  • Abdomen
    • Waist
    • Midriff
    • Navel
  • Back
  • Thorax
    • Breast
  • Pelvis
    • Sex organs
Limbs
Arm
  • Shoulder
  • Axilla
  • Brachium
  • Elbow
  • Forearm
  • Wrist
  • Hand
    • Finger
    • Thumb
    • Index
    • Middle
    • Ring
    • Little
Leg
  • Buttocks
  • Hip
  • Thigh
  • Knee
  • Calf
  • Foot
    • Ankle
    • Heel
    • Toe
    • Sole
General anatomy: systems and organs, regional anatomy, planes and lines, superficial axial anatomy, superficial anatomy of limbs
Fins, limbs and wings
Fins
  • Aquatic locomotion
  • Cephalopod fin
  • Fish locomotion
  • Fin and flipper locomotion
  • Caudal fin
  • Dorsal fin
  • Fish fin
  • flipper
  • Lobe-finned fish
  • Ray-finned fish
  • Pectoral fins
  • Pelvic fin
Limbs
  • Limb development
  • Limb morphology
    • digitigrade
    • plantigrade
    • unguligrade
    • uniped
    • biped
    • facultative biped
    • triped
    • quadruped
  • Arthropod
  • Cephalopod
  • Tetrapod
    • dactyly
  • Digit
  • Webbed foot
Wings
  • Flying and gliding animals
  • Bat wing
  • Bird wing
    • keel
    • skeleton
    • feathers
  • Insect wing
  • Pterosaur wing
  • Wingspan
Evolution
  • Evolution of fish
  • Evolution of tetrapods
  • Evolution of birds
  • Origin of birds
  • Origin of avian flight
  • Evolution of cetaceans
  • Comparative anatomy
  • Convergent evolution
  • Analogous structures
  • Homologous structures
Related
  • Animal locomotion
  • Gait
  • Robot locomotion
  • Samara
  • Terrestrial locomotion
  • Tradeoffs for locomotion in air and water
  • Rotating locomotion
  • Undulatory locomotion
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