| Phenotype: | Meckel's cartilage fused with palatoquadrate cartilage, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| 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: | fused with |
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| Synonyms: | coalesced, fused, fused to, joined with, merged with |
| Definition: | A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being merged with another entity. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000642] |
| Name: | palatoquadrate cartilage |
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| Synonyms: | dorsal mandibular cartilage, pterygoquadrate, quadrate cartilage |
| Definition: | Cartilage that is the dorsal component of the first pharyngeal arch. It is roughly triangular with slightly concave dorsal edges and convex ventral edges. The anteroventral corner gives rise the quadrate and articulates with the posterior end of Meckel's cartilage. The anterodorsal tip articulates with the lateral edge of the ethmoid plate and the posteroventral edge articulates with the anterodorsal edge of the hyosymplectic. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001399] |