前肢

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 前肢 is read as ぜんし and is a noun for an animal's foreleg or front limb.
• Basic usage: An injured limb appears in けがをした前肢, while its anatomy appears in 前肢の骨格.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An animal's front limb
  • It is a technical term for a limb at the front of an animal's body, not the ordinary everyday word for a human arm.
• Difference from 前足
  • 前足 is the everyday term for an animal's front leg, while 前肢 suits anatomical or biological descriptions of the forelimb.