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tectum synoticum

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Unpaired thin dorsal sheet of cartilage that partially covers the posterior chondrocranium. [ ]

Term info

Label

tectum synoticum

database cross reference
axiom lost from external ontology

relationship loss: part_of otic and occipital (AAO:0000993)[AAO], relationship loss: part_of braincase and otic capsule skeleton (AAO:0000052)[AAO]

external definition

Roof between frontoparietal foramen and otic capsules, confluent with taenia tecti marginales.[AAO]

external ontology notes

In AAO the def is 'Roof between frontoparietal foramen and otic capsules, confluent with taenia tecti marginales.', In TAO/ZFA this gives rise to supraoccipital and sphenotic.

id

UBERON:0006605

taxon notes

posterior tectum synoticum in humans - a skull roof element of the chondrocranium - temporarily exists in the territory of the interparietal during fetal life, and may be resposible for the sutura mendosa

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