| Name: | entopterygoid |
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| Synonyms: | endopterygoid, mesopterygoid |
| Definition: | The entopterygoid is a dermal bone that forms the anteroventral and ventral surface of the orbit. It develops as a long sliver of bone developing in the membrane dorsomedial to the palatoquadrate cartilage (3.8 mm NL). |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000657] |
| Name: | ossified |
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| Definition: | A composition quality inhering in an bearer by virtue of the bearer's being hardened by the deposition of calcium into bone. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001448] |