Endochondral bone that borders that medial edge of the posttemporal fossa. The epiotics are sutured to parietals and supraoccipital dorsally, the exoccipitals ventrally and the pterotics laterally. The epiotic is a paired bone. [ http://zfin.org/curator ]
Synonyms: epioccipitals epioccipital
Term information
- ZFA:0001412
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Term relations
- neurocranium bone
- endochondral bone
- ectoderm-derived structure
- develops from some cartilaginous otic capsule
- part of some otic region
- overlaps some neurocranium