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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squama_temporalis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squamosal_bone https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/122 MP:0004423 ]
Synonyms: temporal bone squamous part squamosal bone squamosal pars squamosa ossis temporalis os squamosum pars squamosa (os temporale) squamous bone squamosum squama temporalis
Term information
- SCTID:138672006
- VHOG:0001561
- Wikipedia:Squamosal_bone
- MA:0001473
- AAO:0000574
- FMA:52883
- EMAPA:18021
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