Term: scale innervation
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Name: scale
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: innervation
Synonyms:
Definition: The process in which a nerve invades a tissue and makes functional synaptic connection within the tissue.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0060384]    QuickGO    AmiGO