| Name: | claustrum bone |
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| Definition: | Bone that is bilaterally paired endochondral bone with extensions of membrane bone forming part of a dorsolateral protective wall around the neural canal between the back of the skull and the beginning of the neural arch series. The first Weberian ossicle. Most recently, de Pinna and Grande (2003) have proposed the claustrum is homologous to the accessory neural arch of lower teleosts. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001592] |
| Name: | absence of anatomical entity |
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| Synonyms: | anatomical entity absence |
| Definition: | A quality denoting the lack of an anatomical entity or cellular component. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0040060] |