| Phenotype: | parasphenoid shape, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | parasphenoid |
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| Definition: | Long, unpaired median dermal bone that runs almost the entire length of the cranium. Contacts the prevomer anteriorly, and the prootic and basioccipital posteriorly. Anteriorly the parasphenoid is a long, thin bone that widens abruptly at the point of contact with the prootic. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000561] |
| Name: | shape |
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| Synonyms: | relational shape quality |
| Definition: | A morphological quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ratios of distances between its features (points, edges, surfaces and also holes etc). |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000052] |