Unpaired thin dorsal sheet of cartilage that partially covers the posterior chondrocranium. [ ZFA:0001506 ]
Term information
- AAO:0010129
- ZFA:0001506
- TAO:0001506
relationship loss: part_of otic and occipital (AAO:0000993)[AAO]
relationship loss: part_of braincase and otic capsule skeleton (AAO:0000052)[AAO]
Roof between frontoparietal foramen and otic capsules, confluent with taenia tecti marginales.[AAO]
In AAO the def is 'Roof between frontoparietal foramen and otic capsules, confluent with taenia tecti marginales.', In TAO/ZFA this gives rise to supraoccipital and sphenotic.
posterior tectum synoticum in humans - a skull roof element of the chondrocranium - temporarily exists in the territory of the interparietal during fetal life, and may be resposible for the sutura mendosa