Preferred Label : actinopterygian frontal bone;
Uberon definition : Dermal bone that bears part of the supraorbital canal and usually covers a large area
of the neurocranium occupying part of the ethmoidal, orbitosphenoid, and otic regions.
Commonly, the frontal bone articulates with its antimere medially, with lateral ethmoid,
orbitosphenoid and pterosphenoid ventrolaterally, with supraorbital bone(s), autosphenotic
and pterotic laterally, and with parietal posteriorly.[TAO].;
Uberon synonym : actinopterygian frontal;
Uberon related term : frontals;
Uberon narrow term : frontal bone;
Uberon Taxon note : The frontal bone in teleost fish is the homolog of the parietal bone in tetrapods;
Origin ID : 0004866;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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Dermal bone that bears part of the supraorbital canal and usually covers a large area
of the neurocranium occupying part of the ethmoidal, orbitosphenoid, and otic regions.
Commonly, the frontal bone articulates with its antimere medially, with lateral ethmoid,
orbitosphenoid and pterosphenoid ventrolaterally, with supraorbital bone(s), autosphenotic
and pterotic laterally, and with parietal posteriorly.[TAO].
