Limb

(lim). I. A member of an animal body, other than the head or trunk; a leg or arm. 2. In biology, the lateral area, border, or margin of an organ or part. An organ of prehension or locomotion. L., Anterior (of the internal capsule), the parj. of the internal capsule in front of the knee, included between the caudate and the lenticular nucleus. L., Artificial, a mechanical substitute for an arm or a leg. L. -girdle, the bony or cartilaginous junction of a limb and the trunk. L., Pectoral, the upper or fore-limb. L., Pelvic, the lower or hind-limb. L. Plexus, the supposed rearrangement of nerve-strands so as to connect nerves derived from different parts of the spinal cord with particular groups of muscles. L., Posterior (of the internal capsule), the portion behind the knee, situated between the caudate nucleus skeleton and the that optic thalamus. bears a limb. L.-root, the part of a Iwimbate (lim' -bat). Bordered. (lim-ba' -shun). In biology, the formation of an extended border; a lateral thickening.