Definition of Postfrontal. Meaning of Postfrontal. Synonyms of Postfrontal

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Definition of Postfrontal

Postfrontal
Postfrontal Post*fron"tal, a. [Pref. post- + frontal.] (Anat.) Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals. -- n. A postfrontal bone.

Meaning of Postfrontal from wikipedia

- The postfrontal is a paired cranial bone found in many tetrapods. It occupies an area of the skull roof between and behind the orbits (eye sockets), lateral...
- located behind the postfrontal and posteriorly to the orbital fenestra. In some vertebrates, the postorbital is fused with the postfrontal to create a postorbitofrontal...
- reduced. The walls of the braincase are bony but lack supratemporal and postfrontal bones. Their tongues are not free, but held in place by a membrane that...
- anteriorly, with 2 or 3 very small teeth in the middle of the dentary bone. Postfrontal bone absent. Head small, not distinct from neck, covered with large symmetrical...
- mostly disarticulated. Bones we have found are: left quadratojugal, postfrontal, supratemporal, postorbital, basioccipital and both tubera basioccipitalia...
- typically have it contact the parietal bone along its inner edge, the postfrontal and postorbital bones along its front and/or outer edge, and the supratemporal...
- Boids are, however, distinguished from the pythons in that none has postfrontal bones or premaxillary teeth, and that they give birth to live young....
- developed. The main features of the skull are the m****ively pachyostosed postfrontals that form strong horn-like bosses projected laterally. A boss, characteristically...
- 2006-10-22. Jeffrey M. Freedman; David R. Fitzjarrald (August 2001). "Postfrontal Airm**** Modification" (PDF). Journal of Hydrometeorology. 2 (4). American...
- the skull behind the eye sockets. Members of Bathyotica also lack a postfrontal bone. In 2012, the genus Parringtonia was redescribed and found to be...