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supraoccipital crest
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Process that is part of the supraoccipital. It is a posteriorly directed and unpaired median projection off the posterior margin of the supraoccipital bone. [ ]
Term info
Label
supraoccipital crest
Synonyms
- supraoccipital process
- supraoccipital spine
comment
The supraoccipital crest may be small and restricted to the dorsal part of the supraoccipital, or may be large and long and extending ventrally to the dorsal margin of the foramen magnum. The supraoccipital crest may be a large process extending above the skull roof in some teleostean subgroups.
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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