Definition of Squamosal. Meaning of Squamosal. Synonyms of Squamosal

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Definition of Squamosal

Squamosal
Squamosal Squa*mo"sal, a. (Anat.) (a) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone. (b) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone. -- n. The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone correspondending to it, under Temporal.

Meaning of Squamosal from wikipedia

- The squamosal is a skull bone found in most reptiles, amphibians, and birds. In fishes, it is also called the pterotic bone. In most tetrapods, the squamosal...
- The squamosal suture, or squamous suture, arches backward from the pterion and connects the temporal squama with the lower border of the parietal bone:...
- suture Sphenoparietal suture Sphenosquamosal suture Sphenozygomatic suture Squamosal suturebetween the parietal and the temporal bone Zygomaticotemporal...
- sides, which in 2009 were listed by Tracy L. Ford as a right squamosal bone, the left squamosal, both maxillae, both lacrimal bones, both quadrate bones,...
- Mandibular fenestra Quadratojugal fenestra Subsquamosal fenestra, an opening between two parts of the squamosal bone in some rodents Temporal fenestra...
- which is ventrally bordered by a zygomatic arch composed of the jugal and squamosal bones. This single temporal fenestra is homologous to the infratemporal...
- left squamosal (YPM VP 335) later referred to Stygimoloch spinifer near Lance Cr****, Wyoming in the Lance Formation. Marsh described the squamosal along...
- absent Squamosal mainly restricted to top of skull The occipital flange of the squamosal is little exposed on the occiput Anterior process of squamosal narrow...
- apart by the dentary-squamosal jaw joint. In this form of jaw joint, the dentary forms a connection with a depression in the squamosal known as the glenoid...
- Involving the Petrous part of the temporal bone sphenopetrosal petrosquamous squamosal Facial: palatomaxillary suture Involving the zygomatic process with sphenoid...