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;
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.