| Phenotype: | hyomandibula osteoclast active, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | hyomandibula |
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| Synonyms: | hyomandibular |
| Definition: | The hyomandibula is the large, dorsal-most member of the hyoid arch. It begins ossifying in the dorsal edge of the hyosymplectic cartilage near the hyomandibular foramen (4.6 mm NL). Ossification spreads through the cartilage, and sheets of membrane bone form off the cartilage model anteriorly and posteriorly (6.6 mm). In the adult, the hyomandibula has cartilage-capped anterior and posterior articulating heads that meet the sphenotic-prootic fossa and the pterotic fossa, respectively, in synovial joints. A posterior knob of bone develops, also capped in cartilage, and it forms a synovial joint with the opercle. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000672] |
| Name: | osteoclast |
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| Synonyms: | chondroclast |
| Definition: | A specialized phagocytic cell associated with the absorption and removal of the mineralized matrix of bone tissue, which typically differentiates from monocytes. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009047] |
| Name: | active |
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| Definition: | A quality of an physical object that is currently realizing one of its functions. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002354] |