Preferred Label : hypural;
Uberon definition : Laterally flattened haemal spine of an ural vertebra that lacks its arch and supports
a few principal caudal lepidotrichia distally. A hypural may articulate or fuse with
its ural centrum proximally or may lie ventral to the notochord. A hypural is an unpaired
median bone that ossifies perichondrally. (Modified from Monod, 1968 and Arratia and
Schultze, 1992).;
Uberon synonym : hypuralia; hypurals; hyp;
Origin ID : 2000364;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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Laterally flattened haemal spine of an ural vertebra that lacks its arch and supports
a few principal caudal lepidotrichia distally. A hypural may articulate or fuse with
its ural centrum proximally or may lie ventral to the notochord. A hypural is an unpaired
median bone that ossifies perichondrally. (Modified from Monod, 1968 and Arratia and
Schultze, 1992).
