Phenotype: hyomandibula bone mineralization delayed, abnormal
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Name: hyomandibula
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: bone mineralization
Synonyms: bone calcification
Definition: The deposition of hydroxyapatite, a form of calcium phosphate with the formula Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2, in bone tissue.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0030282]    QuickGO    AmiGO
Name: delayed
Synonyms: late
Definition: A quality of a process which starts later than the natural start time or the reference process.
Ontology: Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000502]