Term Name: hypobranchial bone
Synonyms: hypobranchial bones
Definition: Hypobranchials are the most medial of the bilaterally paired elements of the gill arches. Hypobranchial ossifications 1-3 (of 4) develop in the small hypobranchial cartilages that lie between the medial tips of the ceratobranchials and copula 2. The hypobranchials articulate anteromedially with the basibranchials.
Appears at: Unknown
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000363]

Relationships
develops from: hypobranchial cartilage
is part of: pharyngeal arch 3-7 skeleton
is a type of: endochondral bone
has subtype: hypobranchial 1 bone hypobranchial 2 bone hypobranchial 3 bone hypobranchial 4 bone

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