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kinethmoid bone
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Sesamoid bone located in the premaxillary-ethmoid ligament, between the mesethmoid and the premaxilla. The kinethmoid is an unpaired median bone. [ http://zfin.org/curator ]
Term info
Label
kinethmoid bone
Synonyms
- kinethmoideum bone
comment
The kinethmoid is part of the protrusion mechanism of the upper jaw and is restricted to cypriniform fishes.
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teleost_anatomy_curators
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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:
- bone of upper jaw
- neurocranium bone
- endochondral bone
- dermal bone
- part of some dermatocranium
- part of some olfactory region