urohyal
Tendon bone that forms in the tendon of the sternohyoid muscles ventral to the anterior end of copula 1. The urohyal associates by ligaments to the ventral hypohyals or it articulates with the ventral hypohyals. The urohyal is an unpaired bone. [ ]
Term info
urohyal
- clidoste
- interclaviculaire
- jugulaire
- parurohyal
- urohyal
The urohyal forms as a single ossification in most teleosts, or as a paired ossification.
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Term relations
- dermal bone
- overlaps some dorsal hypohyal-urohyal joint
- overlaps some ventral hypohyal-urohyal joint
- part of some dermatocranium
- part of some ventral hyoid arch skeleton