Definition of Squamosals. Meaning of Squamosals. Synonyms of Squamosals

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Definition of Squamosals

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 Squamosals from wikipedia

- The squamosal suture, or squamous suture, arches backward from the pterion and connects the temporal squama with the lower border of the parietal bone:...
- 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...
- millimetres (1.1 in) long which is missing the skull roof, basicranium and squamosals and from the referred specimens MPCA PV 450, a partial left lower jaw...
- the retention as an adult of a juvenile trait. Adults retain the short squamosals, a case of paedomorphosis. In 2009, John Scannella, investigating dinosaur...
- suture Sphenoparietal suture Sphenosquamosal suture Sphenozygomatic suture Squamosal suturebetween the parietal and the temporal bone Zygomaticotemporal...
- which is ventrally bordered by a zygomatic arch composed of the jugal and squamosal bones. This single temporal fenestra is homologous to the infratemporal...
- 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...
- 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...
- Mandibular fenestra Quadratojugal fenestra Subsquamosal fenestra, an opening between two parts of the squamosal bone in some rodents Temporal fenestra...
- Coronal suture. It separates the parietal bones and the frontal bone. Squamosal suture. It separates the parietal bones and the temporal bone. Lambdoid...