| Phenotype: | claustrum bone morphology, 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: | claustrum bone |
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| Definition: | Bone that is bilaterally paired endochondral bone with extensions of membrane bone forming part of a dorsolateral protective wall around the neural canal between the back of the skull and the beginning of the neural arch series. The first Weberian ossicle. Most recently, de Pinna and Grande (2003) have proposed the claustrum is homologous to the accessory neural arch of lower teleosts. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001592] |
| 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] |