Term Name: | epiotic |
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Synonyms: | epioccipital, epioccipitals |
Definition: | 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. |
Ontology: | [UBERON:2001412] |