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articular bone

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Endochondral bone that is located posterior to the dentary, medial to the angular and antero-dorsal to the retroarticular forming the lower jaw. The articular bears a dorso-posterior articular facet for the condyle of the quadrate. The articular is a paired bone. [ ]

Term info

Label

articular bone

Synonyms
  • articular
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The articular fuses with the angular bone in clupeocephalans forming the anguloarticular.

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teleost_anatomy_curators

external definition

Endochondral ossification of the posterior articular part of Meckel's cartilage.[AAO]

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