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Definition of Squama

Squama
Squama Squa"ma, n.; pl. Squam[ae]. [L. a scale.] (Med.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.

Meaning of Squama from wikipedia

- Look up squama, squamous, or squame in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Squama (or squamous, squame) refers to a structure shaped like a de****bent scale...
- Cercophonius squama, commonly known as the forest scorpion or wood scorpion, is a scorpion native to south-eastern Australia. It is typically around 25–40 mm...
- separates parietal bone and squama portion of temporal bone. Sphenosquamosal suture. It separates sphenoid bone and squama portion of temporal bone. Zygomaticotemporal...
- The squamous part of temporal bone, or temporal squama, forms the front and upper part of the temporal bone, and is scale-like, thin, and translucent....
- (The squamous part is the upper two thirds.) Details Identifiers Latin squama frontalis TA98 A02.1.03.002 TA2 521 FMA 52848 Anatomical terms of bone [edit...
- portion above foramen magnum.) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Squama occipitalis. This article incorporates text in the public domain from page...
- Trapania squama is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. This species was described from...
- orbits (bony sockets) of the eyes. The frontal bone has vertical portion (squama) and horizontal portion (orbital part). Some adults have a metopic or frontal...
- Anteriorly, the mastoid portion is fused with the descending process of the squama above; below, it enters into the formation of the ear canal and the tympanic...
- covers the halteres. The lower calypter is the proximal calypter (synonyms: squama (of some authors), tegula) and the upper calypter is the distal calypter...