Term Name: dermatocranium
Synonyms: dendrocranium, dermal bone cranium, dermal part of skull, dermal skull bones, dermal skull roof, dermatocranial cover, exocranium, roof of skull, roofing bones of the skull, skull exoskeleton, skull roof
Definition: Subdivision of skeleton that includes all dermal bones in the cranial skeleton[ZFA,modified].
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0003113]

Relationships
is part of: cranial skeletal system dermal skeleton
has parts: accessory vomerine tooth plate actinopterygian frontal bone actinopterygian parietal bone angular bone angular/surangular bone auditory bulla branchiostegal ray series canal plate coronoid bone coronomeckelian dentary early premaxilla entopterygoid extratemporal bone frontoparietal bone gular plate hypomaxilla infraorbital series interopercle interparietal bone intertemporal bone jugal bone kinethmoid bone lacrimal bone maxilla median premaxilla nasal bone nasal skeleton opercle otic notch palatal part of dermatocranium parietal-supraoccipital postfrontal bone postorbital bar postorbital bone posttemporal prearticular bone prefrontal bone premaxilla preopercle pterotic pterotic-posttemporal-supracleithrum quadratojugal bone rostral plate sagittal crest sagittal keel splenial bone squamous part of temporal bone subopercle supraethmoid supramaxilla suprapreopercle supratemporal bone surangular bone tabular bone tetrapod frontal bone urohyal
is a type of: primary subdivision of cranial skeletal system
has subtype: fronto-ethmoidal shield