angular bone
Dermal bone that is located posterior to the dentary and lateral to the articular and retroarticular bones of the lower jaw. The angular forms the outer dermal sheet of the posterior part of the lower jaw. The angular bears a portion of the mandibular sensory canal. The angular is a paired bone. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_bone ]
Term info
angular bone
angular
uberon
praearticulare, postoperculare, angular bones
UBERON:0011079
The angular fuses with the articular bone in clupeocephalans forming the anguloarticular.
Term relations
- lateral structure
- bone of lower jaw
- dermal bone
- in_lateral_side_of some skeleton of lower jaw
- part of some dermatocranium