Subdivision of skeleton that includes all dermal bones in the cranial skeleton[ZFA,modified]. [ ZFA:0000863 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_roof ]

Synonyms: dendrocranium exocranium

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference
editor note

wikipedia treats skull roof and dermatocranium as synonymous, but some sources treat the roof as being part of the dermatocranium - see UBERONREF:0000007

external definition

Anatomical cluster that is part of the cranium and composed of dermally derived bones.[TAO]

Anatomical cluster that is part of the cranium which consists of dermally derived bones.[AAO]

has narrow synonym

skull roof

dermatocranial cover

roof of skull

dermal skull roof

has related synonym

dermal part of skull

dermal skull bones

roofing bones of the skull

skull exoskeleton

dermal bone cranium

id

UBERON:0003113

never in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7777