Term Name: Meckel's cartilage
Synonyms: ventral mandibular cartilage
Definition: Meckel's cartilage is the bilaterally paired, rod-like, cartilaginous ventral component of the lower jaw, or ventral mandibular arch. It is typically resorbed in adults.
Appears at: Hatching:Long-pec (48.0h-60.0h)
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001205]

Relationships
is part of: ventral mandibular arch
has parts: coronoid process retroarticular process
is a type of: pharyngeal arch cartilage
overlaps: Meckel's cartilage-palatoquadrate cartilage joint

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