| Term: | scale anatomical margin |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | scale |
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| Synonyms: | scales |
| Definition: | Dermal bone that is thin, flexible, and platelike, and that develops in overlapping skinfolds that cover the body and often the head of fish and the bases of the fins. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000277] |
| Name: | anatomical margin |
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| Synonyms: | edge, margin |
| Definition: | Fiat anatomical region extending a short distance from the boundary of an object inwards. |
| Ontology: | Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0000006] |