Phenotype: basihyal bone poorly ossified, abnormal
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Name: basihyal bone
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
Synonyms:
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]