Preferred Name

dentary

Synonyms

dentary bone

Definitions

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.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0000191

database_cross_reference

TAO:0000191

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.

end stage

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFS_0000044

has_exact_synonym

dentary bone

has_obo_namespace

zebrafish_anatomy

id

ZFA:0000191

label

dentary

notation

ZFA:0000191

overlaps

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0005488

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0001273

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0000863

prefLabel

dentary

start stage

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFS_0000000

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0001273

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0001590

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0000863

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0001590

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