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Preferred Label : squamous part of temporal bone;

Uberon definition : A bone which is fused with the temporal bone in many mammals and forms part of the cheek region articulating with quadrate and pterygoid in other vertebrates.;

Uberon synonym : squama temporalis; squamous bone; squamosal; squamosum; pars squamosa (os temporale); temporal bone squamous part; squamosal bone;

Uberon related term : squama;

Uberon Taxon note : The squamosal bone, which is homologous with the squama, and forms the side of the cranium in many bony fish and tetrapods. Primitively, it is a flattened plate-like bone, but in many animals it is narrower in form, for example, where it forms the boundary between the two temporal fenestrae of diapsid reptiles;

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A bone which is fused with the temporal bone in many mammals and forms part of the cheek region articulating with quadrate and pterygoid in other vertebrates.

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05/07/2025


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