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In humans, a swollen painful calf, possible fracture, severe bleeding or a cold, pale limb need urgent or emergency care.","purpose":"Let an agent explain animal legs, including human legs, relay anatomy, functions and common conditions from zoological, veterinary and medical sources, route human emergencies such as deep vein thrombosis signs, fractures and severe bleeding to care, describe the named aliases while distinguishing anatomical and food uses, and distinguish animal legs from furniture legs and the strict human anatomical leg from the whole lower limb.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Legs support weight and locomotion.","Vertebrate legs contain bones, while arthropod legs have an exoskeleton.","Muscles enable leg movement.","Human legs can be affected by serious vascular conditions."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a leg is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is the leg, and how does the everyday sense differ from the strict anatomical sense, the foot and other senses?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is there a swollen painful calf, suspected fracture, heavy bleeding or a cold pale leg, in which case seek urgent or emergency care?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"aliases","name":"Aliases","description":"Named aliases.","findings":[{"id":"aliases-finding","name":"Aliases","description":"Aliases.","questions":[{"text":"How are right and left lower limbs described, and why does chicken leg belong elsewhere?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific term?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"anatomy","name":"Anatomy","description":"Anatomy.","layers":[{"id":"bones","name":"Bones","description":"Bones and joints.","findings":[{"id":"bones-finding","name":"Bones","description":"Bones.","questions":[{"text":"How are the femur, tibia, fibula and joints arranged?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"muscles","name":"Muscles","description":"Muscles and vessels.","findings":[{"id":"muscles-finding","name":"Muscles","description":"Muscles.","questions":[{"text":"What are the main muscle groups, arteries and veins of the leg?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"clinical","name":"Clinical","description":"Conditions.","layers":[{"id":"dvt","name":"DVT","description":"Deep vein thrombosis.","findings":[{"id":"dvt-finding","name":"DVT","description":"DVT.","questions":[{"text":"What are signs and risk factors of DVT, as health services describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits deep vein thrombosis?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"injuries","name":"Injuries","description":"Injuries.","findings":[{"id":"injuries-finding","name":"Injuries","description":"Injuries.","questions":[{"text":"What first aid do organisations advise for leg fractures and severe bleeding?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits tourniquet?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Movement and evolution.","layers":[{"id":"gait","name":"Gait","description":"Walking and running.","findings":[{"id":"gait-finding","name":"Gait","description":"Gait.","questions":[{"text":"How do legs work in walking and running?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits gait?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"evolution","name":"Evolution","description":"Evolution.","findings":[{"id":"evolution-finding","name":"Evolution","description":"Evolution.","questions":[{"text":"How did bipedalism change human legs?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits bipedalism?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain the anatomy of the leg in general terms.","Urge urgent care for signs of DVT, acute limb ischaemia or severe injury."],"mustNot":["Diagnose leg conditions remotely.","Give unsafe first aid advice for fractures or bleeding.","Misfile food senses of leg as anatomy."],"requiresHuman":["Any treatment decision for a person's leg."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Missed vascular emergencies can cost limbs and lives."],"affectedParties":["Patients","Injured people"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns it; it is part of the body.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q112826975","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q119159028","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q42349020","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"free limb","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"femur","type":"related"},{"target":"deep vein thrombosis","type":"related"},{"target":"foot","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.leg","Wikidata: Q133105 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133105)","Terminologia Anatomica: membrum inferius lower limb"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["bones: femur, patella, tibia, fibula list","longest bone: femur note","DVT warning signs: swollen, painful, warm calf note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Animal legs are anatomical appendages used for weight bearing and locomotion, with forms varying across animal groups.","Anatomical examples include chicken legs, human legs, female legs, male legs, right lower limbs and left lower limbs.","In strict human anatomy, the leg lies between the knee and ankle, with the thigh above and the foot below; furniture legs and food cuts are separate senses.","The long limb from hip to foot."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain anatomy","relay functions and conditions","route leg emergencies","flag misfiled aliases"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Missing DVT or acute limb ischaemia","Unsafe first aid for fractures or bleeding","Misfiled food alias"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Terminologia Anatomica","Trauma and first aid guidelines"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Support, standing and locomotion.","thigh","knee","lower leg or crus","ankle","leg muscles and vessels"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q133105: leg","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133105","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Leg","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["The registry alias chicken leg should be moved to food cuts","Should female and male leg aliases be removed as redundant?","How should anatomy sources be linked?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q133105/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q133105/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T21:57:44Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:26+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}