| Phenotype: | vertebra neural spine bent, 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: | vertebra |
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| Synonyms: | vertebrae |
| Definition: | All serially repeated ossified, cartilaginous, and ligamentous elements around the notochord (Schultze and Arratia, 1988). Adult zebrafish usually 32 vertebrae but may have as few as 30 to as many as 33 vertebrae. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001189] |
| Name: | neural spine |
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| Synonyms: | neural spines |
| Definition: | Neural spines are extensions of neural arches dorsal to the neural canal in the median skeletogenous septum. Neural spines are typically unpaired median structures but can be paired in some instances, e.g., in the abdominal region of basal teleosts such as Leptolepis, Elops, Megalops, and Hiodon). |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001336] |
| Name: | bent |
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| Synonyms: | angled, flexed |
| Definition: | A shape quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's having one or more angle(s) in its length. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000617] |