axilla

UBERON:0009472 ·resolve ·HOST_ASSOCIATED ·EXACT REVIEWED

The axilla is the area directly under the joint where the forelimb connects to the shoulder. — UBERON

Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat
Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Integumentary system > Skin > Axilla/Armpit	4	ORGANISM

Broader habitats

external soft tissue zone UBERON:0034929
Skin habitatmech:GOLD.4b37ab4b76

Also called

Axilla/Armpit — GOLD
arm pit — UBERON
armpit — UBERON
armpits — UBERON
axillae — UBERON
axillary region — UBERON
oxter — UBERON
regio axillaris — UBERON
underarm — UBERON

Curation

What a curator decided about this record, and why. A record built from several source concepts can carry one decision per concept.

GROUND 2026-08-16 · claude-opus-5
Grounded to UBERON:0009472 'axilla' (EXACT). Variant-match review (#12): the seeder grounds on exact labels only, so GOLD's slash and plural conventions hid a term that says exactly this. Axilla is the armpit, and the path is Human > Integumentary system > Skin. Path: Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Integumentary system > Skin > Axilla/Armpit (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.383b9034af)

Provenance

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