Subdivision of skeleton that includes all dermal bones in the cranial skeleton[ZFA,modified]. [ ZFA:0000863 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_roof ]
Synonyms: dendrocranium exocranium
Term information
- VHOG:0001665
- AAO:0010154
- ZFA:0000863
- XAO:0003169
- TAO:0000863
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_roof
wikipedia treats skull roof and dermatocranium as synonymous, but some sources treat the roof as being part of the dermatocranium - see UBERONREF:0000007
Anatomical cluster that is part of the cranium and composed of dermally derived bones.[TAO]
Anatomical cluster that is part of the cranium which consists of dermally derived bones.[AAO]
dermal part of skull
dermal skull bones
roofing bones of the skull
skull exoskeleton
dermal bone cranium
Term relations
- maxilla
- interopercle
- parietal-supraoccipital
- entopterygoid
- rostral plate
- accessory vomerine tooth plate
- angular/surangular bone
- otic notch
- median premaxilla
- urohyal
- infraorbital series
- palatal part of dermatocranium
- posttemporal
- pterotic
- dentary
- premaxilla
- interparietal bone
- actinopterygian frontal bone
- actinopterygian parietal bone
- nasal skeleton
- auditory bulla
- prefrontal bone
- intertemporal bone
- tabular bone
- supratemporal bone
- early premaxilla
- prearticular bone
- frontoparietal bone
- surangular bone
- splenial bone
- gular plate
- hypomaxilla
- pterotic-posttemporal-supracleithrum
- canal plate
- supraethmoid
- kinethmoid bone
- postorbital bone
- postfrontal bone
- lacrimal bone
- nasal bone
- jugal bone
- squamous part of temporal bone
- coronomeckelian
- angular bone
- tetrapod frontal bone
- preopercle
- opercle
- subopercle
- sagittal keel
- postorbital bar
- sagittal crest
- supramaxilla
- suprapreopercle
- coronoid bone
- branchiostegal ray series
- submandibular bone
- quadratojugal bone
- extratemporal bone