| Name: | pterotic |
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| Synonyms: | autopterotic |
| Definition: | Paired cartilage bone that contacts the autosphenotic anteriorly, the parietal dorsally, the prootic ventrally, and the epiotic and exoccipital posteriorly. The pterotic encloses the horizontal semicircular canal of the inner ear. The lower edge of the pterotic contributes to the hyomandibular facet. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000576] |
| Name: | columnar chondrocyte |
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| Synonyms: | columnar chondrocytes |
| Definition: | A columnar chondrocyte that differentiates in the late embryonic growth plate of bone. Columnar chondrocytes vigorously proliferate and form columns in the growth plate. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009314] |