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supraorbital bone
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Dermal bone that is part of the dorsal or upper border or antero-dorsal border of the orbit. The supraorbital bone may contact the orbital margin of the frontal bone medially, the antorbital antero-ventrally and the dermosphenotic posteriorly. The supraorbital bone does not carry sensory canals. The supraorbital bone is paired. [ ]
Term info
Label
supraorbital bone
comment
The supraorbital bone may be present as two or one bone in extant teleosts, although many of the advanced forms lack the bone.
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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
Term relations
Subclass of:
- skeletal element of eye region
- dermal bone
- facial bone
- part of some orbit of skull
- part of some infraorbital series