| Name: | Weberian apparatus |
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| Definition: | The Weberian apparatus consists of the modified anteriormost four vertebrae and associated structures of otophysans which transduce sound or pressure waves from the tunica externa of the swim bladder to the inner ear (Alexander, 1962). |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001188] |
| Name: | morphology |
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| Definition: | A quality of a single physical entity inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer's size or shape or structure. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000051] |