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skull
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003129
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
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 obo namespace
uberon
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
Term relations
Subclass of:
- subdivision of skeletal system
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- part of some head
- has_part some cranium
- has_part some skeleton of lower jaw
- part of some cranial skeletal system
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