OntologiesmpclassesUBERON:0003129   
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skullImported
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003129

Anatomical structure that is part of the head consisting entirely of cranium and mandible[WP].

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Also appears indhbapridecpontaismefo + 24
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cranial skeleton
skeletal system of head
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uberon

UBPROP_0000012
  • in FMA the skull is divided into orbit, neurocranium (8 parts), viscerocranium (26 parts). Here we have a separate overlapping division into cranium and mandible.
  • in many ontologies, the structure called the cranium is inclusive of the mandible/lower jaw skeleton
UBPROP_0000013

A skull that is missing a mandible is only a cranium; this is the source of a very commonly made error in terminology. Those animals having skulls are called craniates

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