Term Name: dermal bone
Synonyms: dermal bones
Definition: Skeletal element that forms superficially in the organism, usually in association with the ectoderm[VSAO].
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0008907]

Relationships
is part of: dermal skeleton
has parts: type 1 odontode
is a type of: bone element dermal skeletal element membrane bone
has subtype: accessory vomerine tooth plate actinopterygian frontal bone actinopterygian parietal bone angular bone angular/surangular bone angulosplenial anocleithrum anterior ventrolateral plate anterolateral plate anteroventral plate antorbital articular/anguloarticular bony plate branchiostegal ray canal plate caudal-fin stay cleithrum coronoid bone coronomeckelian corpus dentary dermal element of plastron dermethmoid dorsal cleithrum early premaxilla ectocoracoid bone ectopterygoid bone entopterygoid extracleithrum extrascapula extratemporal bone fish scute frontoparietal bone fulcrum furcula gastralium gill raker gular plate hypomaxilla infraorbital interclavicle interolateral plate interopercle interparietal bone intertemporal bone jugal bone kinethmoid bone lacrimal bone lepidotrichium maxilla maxillopalatine median dorsal plate median premaxilla nasal bone nasopremaxilla nuchal plate opercle palate bone palatine bone parietal-supraoccipital pectoral axillary process pelvic axillary process pelvic splint pharyngeal tooth plate pharyngobranchial tooth plate postcleithrum posterior dorsolateral plate posterior ventrolateral plate postfrontal bone postorbital bone posttemporal posttemporal-supracleithrum prearticular bone prefrontal bone premaxilla prenasal preopercle preopercle horizontal limb preopercle vertical limb presupracleithrum pseudodentary pterotic pterotic-posttemporal-supracleithrum quadratojugal bone rostral plate rostrodermethmoid sensory canal tubular ossicle septomaxilla bone spinal plate splenial bone squamous part of temporal bone subopercle supracleithrum supraethmoid supramaxilla supraorbital bone suprapreopercle supratemporal bone surangular bone tabular bone tetrapod frontal bone urodermal bone urohyal ventral cleithrum