Appendicular Skeleton in Vertebrate (With Diagram) | Chordata | Zoology
The appendicular skeleton consists of skeletal elements of pectoral and pelvic girdles, and of the appendages. The appendages are median and paired. Median appendages are found in fishes and aquatic tetrapoda, and paired appendages are found in all vertebrates except cyclostomes. In fishes the paired appendages are pectoral and pelvic fins, in tetrapoda they are fore and hindlimbs. Origin of [...]