limb bones

collocation in English

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limb
noun[C]
uk
/lɪm/us
/lɪm/
an arm or leg of a person ...
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bone
noun[C or U]
uk
/bəʊn/us
/boʊn/
any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up ...
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(Definition oflimbandbonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have observed expression around fetal vertebrae and upper limb bones and also in the heart and kidney.
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The other finds are fragments of lower jaws or of limb bones.
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Other more fragmentary specimens include limb bones and osteoderms.
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The limb bones are small and robust, with the hindlimbs being quite larger than the forelimbs.
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The specimen includes the lower jaw and a variety of postcranial elements, such as vertebrae, limb bones, shoulder and hip bones, and bony armor.
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The fossil remains included vertebrae, limb bones, scapula, hip bones (pubis, ilium, and ischium) and several ribs.
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Numerous limb bones, probably belonging to only a few individuals, are also known.
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It is known from a nearly complete skull, osteoderms and limb bones.
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Both the proportions of the limb bones, size and shape of the skull, and size and number of teeth changed as the animals grew.
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It is also one of the least complete specimens, consisting mostly of limb bones, isolated cervical vertebrae, and ribs.
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Metastasis of tumors involving the limb bones is very common, usually to the lungs.
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Each wing has a central vane to hit the wind, composed of three limb bones, the humerus, ulna and radius.
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The limb bones join loosely with the pectoral and pelvic girdles.
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It is known from five partial skeletons, including three skulls and numerous fragmentary remains including skull material, some limb bones, vertebrae and teeth.
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The cross-sectional thickness of limb bones in adult metoposaurids shows that they could not withstand the stress of terrestrial locomotion.
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The limb bones are also modified to accommodate to the shell.
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The describers interpreted the remains, consisting of some limb bones, as those of a diplodocid dinosaur.
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Their limb bones were reduced in length and their paddles were formed by webbing between their elongated digit-bones.
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