Dermal and endochondral compound bone that results from the fusion of the dermal angular and the endochondral articular and forms the posterior part of the lower jaw. It articulates with the dentary anteriorly and with the retroarticular postero-medially. The anguloarticular is paired. [ GOC:ymb http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-961014-192 ORCiD:0000-0002-9900-7880 ]
Synonyms: articular
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- dermal bone
- endochondral bone
- endoderm-derived structure
- articular/anguloarticular
- overlaps some anguloarticular-retroarticular joint
- part of some dermatocranium
- develops from some articular cartilage
- part of some ventral mandibular arch
- develops from some angular bone