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Extremities may refer to:

Anatomy

  • limb (anatomy) of a tetrapod animal, more specifically its distalmost portion, including:
    • Hand, a prehensile, multi-dighted organ located at the end of the arm of bipedal primates (especially humans)
    • Foot, the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion
    • Paw, a furry, padded foot with claws, common in many quadruped animals
  • Appendage, any external body part that protrudes outwards from an organism's core, such as a limb, tail, ear, nose, horn/antler, external genitalia, antenna, tusk/mouthpart or raptorial or head

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