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antorbital

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Dermal bone positioned as the first bone of the infraorbital series. The antorbital articulates with the lacrimal or infraorbital 1 anteroventrally and the supraorbital posterodorsally. The antorbital is a paired bone. [ ]

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antorbital

Synonyms
  • adnasal
  • lateral rostral
  • perorbital
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The antorbital in some teleosts fuses with the lacrimal. The antorbital contains the end branch of the infraorbital canal or neuromasts for the infraorbital canal in basal teleosts such as elopiformes, some osteoglossomorphs and fossil basal teleosts.

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teleost_anatomy_curators

has obo namespace

uberon/phenoscape-anatomy

provenance notes

This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon