appendicular

9.7

Relating to the arms and legs and the bones that support them

adjective
/əˈpɛndɪkjələr/

Specialized

: apendicular

The doctor examined the patient's appendicular movements to assess his coordination.

Examples

The footnotes and the appendices, then, accentuate the structure of the entire book as predominantly nonnarrative, appendicular, and interpolative.

Academic text (2005)
Why don't you recite the bones of the upper appendicular skeleton?

Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
The most prevalent musculoskeletal injuries were arthritis in the appendicular skeleton and vertebral spondylosis.

Academic text (2010)
The limbs are part of the appendicular skeleton, which includes the arms and legs.
In biology class, we learned about the structure of the appendicular skeleton in relation to human anatomy.

Synonyms

appendant

vsappendicular

9.5

Attached to something as a small extra part

relates to limbs or body parts that act as extensions

Antonyms

central

993 1.0

Near the middle of a town, area, or building

axial

Specialized

5 7.6

Along or around the central line that runs through an object like a rod

Compounds

appendicular artery

Specialized

7.5

A small blood vessel that carries blood to the appendix

appendicular skeleton

Specialized

6.7

Bones of the arms, legs, and the shoulder and hip parts that attach them to the body

appendicular vein

Specialized

7.2

A vein that carries blood from the appendix into the ileocolic vein

Surface Forms

appendicular positive

Morphology

appendicular = append (semi-transparent) = append + ic + ul + ar

The connection to 'append' is clear, but the specific anatomical meaning is specialized.

Etymology

Appendicular comes from the Latin root append-, which means 'to hang on' or 'attach', and you can see the same idea in appendix and append. So appendicular describes things that are 'attached' to the body, like the limbs (arms and legs).