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posttemporal
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Dermal bone of the secondary pectoral girdle that attaches the girdle to the skull. Its dorsal process attaches to the epiotic or epioccipital, the ventral process to the intercalar and the body articulates with the supracleithrum. The postotic sensory canal or lateral line runs within or lateral to bone. [ ]
Term info
Label
posttemporal
Synonyms
- post-temporal
- postemporal
- posttemporale
UBPROP 0000004
This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon
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The posttemporal is commonly a Y-shaped bone with two elongate processes. The dorsal process may be equal or longer than the ventral process or the opposite. The ventral process may be absent in some teleosts.
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has related synonym
suprascapula
id
UBERON:2000549
Term relations
Subclass of:
- bone element
- zebrafish component
- part of some head
- part of some skeletal system
- part of some cranium
- part of some anatomical system
- part of some appendicular skeleton