| Phenotype: | dentary protruding, 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: | dentary |
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| Synonyms: | dentary bone |
| 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. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000191] |
| Name: | protruding |
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| Synonyms: | protruding, relational protruding quality |
| Definition: | A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001598] |