Term Name: dermal bone
Synonyms: dermal bones
Definition: Intramembranous bone that forms superficially in the organism. Dermal bones develop from the direct differentiation of mesenchymal cells into osteoblasts.
Appears at: Unknown
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001590]

Relationships
is a type of: intramembranous bone
has subtype: angular bone anguloarticular bony plate branchiostegal ray cleithrum coronomeckelian dentary ectopterygoid entopterygoid extrascapula frontal bone gill raker infraorbital interopercle kinethmoid bone lepidotrichium maxilla nasal bone opercle parasphenoid parietal bone postcleithrum posttemporal premaxilla premaxilla ascending process preopercle preopercle horizontal limb preopercle vertical limb prevomer sensory canal tubular ossicle subopercle supracleithrum supraethmoid supraorbital bone urohyal

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