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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Any movable part that extends out from the body is called a(n) ____
A
Appendage
B
Antennae
C
Leg
D
Arm
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Your arm is an appendage to your body. Appendage often describes body parts, either on humans or animals. If it’s something that sticks out-like a finger, tail, or leg-chances are it can be called an appendage.

Detailed explanation-2: -appendage. noun. ap·pend·age ə-ˈpen-dij. : a subordinate or derivative body part. especially : a limb or analogous part (as a seta)

Detailed explanation-3: -(uh-PEN-dij) In medicine, a body part (such as an arm or leg) that is attached to the main part of the body.

Detailed explanation-4: -Appendages Two extreme forms are recognized among adults (Fig. 2): the leaflike or lobed phyllopod appendage (as found among branchiopods) and the unbranched, segmented walking leg, or stenopod (typical of crayfish).

Detailed explanation-5: -In vertebrates, an appendage can refer to a locomotor part such as a tail, fins on a fish, limbs (legs, flippers or wings) on a tetrapod; exposed sex organ; defensive parts such as horns and antlers; or sensory organs such as auricles, proboscis (trunk and snout) and barbels.

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