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intramembranous scleral ossicle

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Term info

Label

intramembranous scleral ossicle

comment

are of dermal (neural crest) origin, develop intramembranously within the scleral mesenchyme, and are induced to form by overlying (transient) epithelial scleral papillae (Nelson, 1942; Murray, 1943; Fyfe and Hall, 1981, 1983; Hall, 1981, 2005; Pinto and Hall, 1991)

development notes

The scleral ossicles [in reptiles]

id

UBERON:0010298