Sesamoid bone located in the premaxillary-ethmoid ligament, between the mesethmoid and the premaxilla. The kinethmoid is an unpaired median bone. [ TAO:GA_TG http://zfin.org/curator ]
Synonyms: kinethmoideum bone
Term information
- ZFA:0001406
The kinethmoid is part of the protrusion mechanism of the upper jaw and is restricted to cypriniform fishes.
This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon
Term relations
- bone of upper jaw
- neurocranium bone
- endochondral bone
- dermal bone
- part of some dermatocranium
- part of some olfactory region