Preferred Label : nasal bone;
Uberon definition : One of two small oblong bones, varying in size and form in different individuals;
they are placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face, and form, by
their junction, 'the bridge' of the nose[WP]. Paired dermal bones, likened to a bone
tube, positioned lateral to the supraethmoid. Nasal bones are transversed by the anterior
most part of the supraorbital canals and bear one neuromast foramen in zebrafish[ZFA].;
Uberon synonym : adnasal@fr; nasal@fr;
Uberon related term : nasal bones; nasals;
Uberon Taxon note : In primitive bony fish and tetrapods, the nasal bones are the most anterior of a set
of four paired bones forming the roof of the skull, being followed in sequence by
the frontals, the parietals, and the postparietals. Their form in living species is
highly variable, depending on the shape of the head, but they generally form the roof
of the snout or beak, running from the nostrils to a position short of the orbits.
In most animals, they are generally therefore proportionally larger than in humans
or great apes, because of the shortened faces of the latter. Turtles, unusually, lack
nasal bones, with the prefrontal bones of the orbit reaching all the way to the nostrils
(ISBN 0-03-910284-X);
Origin ID : 0001681;
UMLS CUI : C0027422;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- contributes to morphology of
- has part
- in lateral side of
- part of
One of two small oblong bones, varying in size and form in different individuals;
they are placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face, and form, by
their junction, 'the bridge' of the nose[WP]. Paired dermal bones, likened to a bone
tube, positioned lateral to the supraethmoid. Nasal bones are transversed by the anterior
most part of the supraorbital canals and bear one neuromast foramen in zebrafish[ZFA].
