loading...| Preferred Name | mandible | |
| Synonyms |
lower mandibula mandibular series mandibula lower jaw bone lower jaw inferior maxillary bone mammaliam mandible mandibulla |
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| Definitions |
A dentary bone that is the only bone in one of the lateral halves of the lower jaw skeleton. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001684 |
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| contributes to morphology of | ||
| database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C12290 MESH:D008334 galen:Mandible BTO:0001748 CALOHA:TS-2225 EHDAA2:0001059 EMAPA:18290 Wikipedia:Human_mandible SCTID:181812008 UMLS:C0024687 EFO:0001965 EHDAA:8007 FMA:52748 GAID:68 MA:0001487 |
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| definition |
A dentary bone that is the only bone in one of the lateral halves of the lower jaw skeleton. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Gray176.png |
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| editor note |
consider merging with dentary - for now we make it a mammal-specific subclass. |
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| external_ontology_notes |
Note in ZFA 'mandible' is a syn for the ventral mandibular arch, which is a portion of the 1st pharyngeal arch; however the term 'mandibular symphysis' refers to the dentary |
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| has_broad_synonym |
lower jaw bone lower jaw |
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| has_exact_synonym |
inferior maxillary bone mammaliam mandible mandibulla |
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| has_narrow_synonym |
lower mandibula |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
mandibular series mandibula |
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| has_relational_adjective |
mandibular |
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| id |
UBERON:0001684 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim |
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| label |
mandible |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001684 |
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| overlaps | ||
| prefLabel |
mandible |
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| present_in_taxon | ||
| terminology_notes |
'mandible' also refers to either the upper OR lower part of the beak in birds |
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