Term Name: pharyngeal arch 3-7 skeleton
Synonyms: branchial arch skeleton, gill arches 1-5 skeleton
Definition: Skeletal and cartilaginous elements of the gill arches; the last five of the set of seven pharyngeal arches; the numbering system can be confusing; generally branchial arch #1 is the first gill arch, or the third pharyngeal arch, but some authors do not follow this convention.
Appears at: Segmentation:10-13 somites (14.0h-16.0h)
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000095]

Relationships
is part of: pharyngeal arch 3-7 splanchnocranium
has parts: basibranchial ceratobranchial bone ceratobranchial cartilage copula epibranchial bone epibranchial cartilage gill raker hypobranchial bone hypobranchial cartilage pharyngeal arch 3 skeleton pharyngeal arch 4 skeleton pharyngeal arch 5 skeleton pharyngeal arch 6 skeleton pharyngeal arch 7 skeleton pharyngobranchial bone
is a type of: anatomical cluster

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