Body Location or Region
upper arm
up·per arm
Subclass of:
Upper Extremity
Definitions related to upper arm:
  • (arm) The portion of the upper extremity between the shoulder and the elbow. For clinical purposes this term is also used to refer to the whole superior limb.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (arm) The superior part of the upper extremity between the SHOULDER and the ELBOW.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Arm, in zoology, either of the forelimbs or upper limbs of ordinarily bipedal vertebrates, particularly humans and other primates. The term is sometimes restricted to the proximal part, from shoulder to elbow (the distal part is then called the forearm). In brachiating (tree-swinging) primates the...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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