Preferred Label : postorbital bone;
Uberon definition : The postorbital is one of the bones in vertebrate skulls which forms a portion of
the dermal skull roof and, sometimes, a ring about the orbit. Generally, it is located
behind the postfrontal and posteriorly to the orbital fenestra. In some vertebrates,
the postorbital is fused with the postfrontal to create a postorbitofrontal.;
Uberon broad term : postorbital;
Origin ID : 0011169;
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The postorbital is one of the bones in vertebrate skulls which forms a portion of
the dermal skull roof and, sometimes, a ring about the orbit. Generally, it is located
behind the postfrontal and posteriorly to the orbital fenestra. In some vertebrates,
the postorbital is fused with the postfrontal to create a postorbitofrontal.
