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endochondral scleral ossicle
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Term info
Label
endochondral scleral ossicle
external definition
A pair of small dish-shaped bones that cap the anterior and posterior margin of the eyeball.[TAO]
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uberon
has related synonym
sclerotic bones
id
UBERON:0010297
taxon notes
The scleral ossicles [of teleosts] are reported to form indirectly by endochondral (Hall and Miyake, 1992) or by perichondral ossification (Patterson, 1977) from a cartilage element that is also present in the sclera. This is unlike the scleral ossicles of reptiles, which develop directly from ectomesenchyme (i.e., intramembranous ossification) and independently from the scleral cartilage
Term relations
Subclass of:
- endochondral bone
- scleral ossicle
- facial bone
- part of some chondrocranium
- develops_from some scleral cartilage