Anatomical structure that is part of the head consisting entirely of cranium and mandible[WP]. [ http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2962656&group_id=76834&atid=1205376 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11523816 ]
Term information
- galen:Skull
- BTO:0001295
- UMLS:C0037303 (ncithesaurus:Skull)
- WikipediaCategory:Skull
- CALOHA:TS-2344
- MESH:D012886
- SCTID:110530005
- NCIT:C12789
- EHDAA2:0000325
- FMA:46565
- GAID:82
- EMAPA:17680
- Wikipedia:Skull
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
in FMA the skull is divided into orbit, neurocranium (8 parts), viscerocranium (26 parts). Here we have a separate overlapping division into cranium and mandible.
in many ontologies, the structure called the cranium is inclusive of the mandible/lower jaw skeleton
A skull that is missing a mandible is only a cranium; this is the source of a very commonly made error in terminology. Those animals having skulls are called craniates
Term relations
- subdivision of skeletal system
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- part of some head
- only in taxon some Craniata
- has part some cranium
- has part some skeleton of lower jaw
- part of some cranial skeletal system