Subdivision of endoskeleton derived from pharyngeal arches. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_skeleton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 ]
Synonyms: pharyngeal endoskeleton viscerocranium
Term information
- VHOG:0000315
- ZFA:0001216
- TAO:0001216
- Wikipedia:Facial_skeleton
- AAO:0010157
- VSAO:0000149
- XAO:0003176
Anatomical cluster that is part of the cranium and consists of the jaws, hyoid, and branchial arches.[AAO]
Anatomical cluster that is part of the cranium and consists of the jaws, hyoid and branchial arches.[TAO]
The part of the skull derived from the embryonic pharyngeal arches. [Biology_Online][VHOG]
The skull of ancestral tetrapods has the three basic components that we have been considering: (1) chondrocranium, (2) splanchnocranium, and (3) dermatocranium (reference 1); Each part of the skull arises from a separate phylogenetic source. The most ancient part is the splanchnocranium (visceral cranium), which first arose to support pharyngeal slits in protochordates (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]
VSAO labels this term 'pharyngeal arch' (2012-06-01) - however, it clearly means pharyngeal arch skeleton.
many sources define this as the part of the endoskeletal that is from pharyngeal arches - this would make it part-disjoint from dermatocranium. However, there are many bones in AOs that have part-paths to both
visceral skeleton
pharyngeal arch skeleton
branchial arch skeleton
pharyngeal arch
pharyngeal skeleton
visceral skeletal system
visceral cranium
gill arch skeleton