| Name: | basihyal bone |
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| Synonyms: | basihyal, basihyoid, glossohyal |
| Definition: | Endochondral bone that is median and is the anterior-most bone of the ventral hyoid arch, the 'tongue' of the a fish. Ossification of the cartilaginous basihyal is first visible at the posterior end of the club-shaped basihyal cartilage (6.0 mm). Ossification spreads throughout the cartilage, except for the anterior tip, which remains cartilaginous. The posteroventral tip extends between the left and right dorsal hypohyals. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000316] |
| Name: | poorly ossified |
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| Definition: | A quality inhering in an bearer by virtue of the bearer's possessing only minor levels of ossification. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002480] |