| Name: | Meckel's cartilage |
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| Synonyms: | ventral mandibular cartilage |
| Definition: | Meckel's cartilage is the bilaterally paired, rod-like, cartilaginous ventral component of the lower jaw, or ventral mandibular arch. It is typically resorbed in adults. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001205] |
| Name: | flat |
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| Synonyms: | plate-like |
| Definition: | A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's having a horizontal surface without a slope, tilt, or curvature. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000407] |