Joint connecting upper and lower jawsUBERON concept
Preferred Label : joint connecting upper and lower jaws;
Uberon definition : Synovial joint that articulates bones of upper and lower jaw.;
Uberon narrow term : craniomandibular joint;
Uberon broad term : jaw joint;
Uberon Taxon note : Some synapsids retained two pairs of jaw joints - quadrate-articular and tempero-mandibular,
but this unusual paired condition did not last long;