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preopercle
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Dermal bone that is part of the opercular series and bears the preopercular sensory canal. The preopercle is a paired bone and typically L-shaped, with the horizontal limb overlying the interopercle and the vertical limb overlying the opercle. [ ]
Term info
Label
preopercle
Synonyms
- preopercles
- preoperculum
created by
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
Term relations
Subclass of:
- dermal bone
- part of some opercular series
- overlaps some preopercle-opercle joint
- part of some dorsal hyoid arch skeleton
- part of some dermatocranium
- part of some opercular flap