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:...
- 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,...
- suture Sphenoparietal suture Sphenosquamosal suture Sphenozygomatic suture Squamosal suturebetween the parietal and the temporal bone Zygomaticotemporal...
- 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...
- 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...
- provided a more traditional definition: "Synapsids that possess a dentary–squamosal jaw articulation and occlusion between upper and lower molars with a transverse...
- of the dentary (the lower jaw bone, which carries the teeth) and the squamosal (another small skull bone). In the Jur****ic, their quadrate and articular...
- in more basal synapsids, but also the squamosal and surangular bones. A joint between the dentary and squamosal bones, as seen in modern mammals, was...