| Name: | dentary |
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| Synonyms: | dentary bone |
| Definition: | Dermal bone that forms the antero-lateral part of the lower jaw. It first appears around the anterior end of Meckel's cartilage (5.1 mm NL). In the adult, the dentary meets its counterpart anteriorly at the mandibular symphysis. The dentary abuts the retroarticular posteriorly, and it surround the anguloarticular. The dentary is connected to the maxilla by the maxillo-mandibular ligament. Dentary teeth are absent in cypriniforms, but are present in other ostariophysans. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000191] |
| Name: | shape |
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| Synonyms: | relational shape quality |
| Definition: | A morphological quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ratios of distances between its features (points, edges, surfaces and also holes etc). |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000052] |