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Meckel's cartilage
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Meckel's cartilage is the bilaterally paired, rod-like, cartilaginous ventral component of the lower jar, or ventral mandibular arch. It is typically resorbed in adults. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3693112 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meckel's_cartilage ]
Term info
Label
Meckel's cartilage
Synonyms
- Meckels cartilage
- cartilago arcus pharyngei primi
- primary mandinle
- ventral mandibular cartilage
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
external definition
Pharyngeal arch cartilage that is the cartilaginous embryonic component of the lower jaw, or ventral mandibular arch. It develops into the endochondral articular and retroarticular bones. Meckel's cartilage is paired.[TAO], Paired, rod-shaped elements that extend the length of the mandible and lie between the dentaries and the angulosplenials. Can be reduced to various extent in adults.[AAO]
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uberon
homology notes
In all jawed vertebrates, including fish, the first pharyngeal arch generates the jaw apparatus. The neural crest cells of this arch migrate to form Meckel's cartilage, the precursor of the jaw.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0003107
taxon notes
functional lower jaw of Elasmobranchii and Holocephali, the embryonic lower jaw of other gnathostomous vertebrates