The entopterygoid is a dermal bone that forms the anteroventral and ventral surface of the orbit. It develops as a long sliver of bone developing in the membrane dorsomedial to the palatoquadrate cartilage (3.8 mm NL). [ ORCiD:0000-0002-9900-7880 GOC:ymb ]
Synonyms: mesopterygoid endopterygoid
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Term relations
- dermal bone
- endoderm-derived structure
- entopterygoid
- part of some palatoquadrate arch
- part of some dermatocranium
- overlaps some quadrate-entopterygoid joint