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skull

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Anatomical structure that is part of the head consisting entirely of cranium and mandible[WP]. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11523816 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2962656&group_id=76834&atid=1205376 ]

Term info

Label

skull

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

external ontology notes

in FMA the skull is divided into orbit, neurocranium (8 parts), viscerocranium (26 parts). Here we have a separate overlapping division into cranium and mandible., in many ontologies, the structure called the cranium is inclusive of the mandible/lower jaw skeleton

has related synonym

skeletal system of head, cranial skeleton

id

UBERON:0003129

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7762

terminology notes

A skull that is missing a mandible is only a cranium; this is the source of a very commonly made error in terminology. Those animals having skulls are called craniates