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Definition of Squamosal
1. a. Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone.
Definition of Squamosal
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squamosal
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Squamosal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Squamosal
Literary usage of Squamosal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton by Richard Owen (1848)
"23, so) it is reduced to the form of a simple, straight, slender style, and
coalesces first with the similarly-shaped squamosal (27), and next with the ..."
2. The Batrachia of North America by Edward Drinker Cope (1889)
"Salamandra maculata ; : the squamosal separated. 3. ... the squamosal removed;
a, the squamosal; b, the ear-bones and cartilages in profile, the cartilages ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1847)
"In the echidna, then, we find the the squamosal does not form the whole of the
superior border of the shallow tympanic cavity, but that the mastoid forms ..."
4. On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton by Richard Owen (1848)
"S, e) is recognizable by the repetition of the connections which it presented in
the sheep ; the squamosal being quite excluded from the cranial parietes, ..."
5. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia: Being the Substance of the by William Henry Flower (1876)
"... PI palatine ; MX maxilla ; PMx premaxilla ; Vo vomer ; ff glenoid fossa of
squamosal ; tg deep groove on squamosal for meatus auditorium externus, ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"One word about the squamosal. The squamosal of the Lacertilia and Ophidia is
connected with the parietals and stands on the quadrate, outside of this ..."
7. Fieldiana: Geology by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum (1907)
"arly indicated from the exterior, the squamosal not descending as low as in the
... The suture shown as separating tin- quadratojugal from the squamosal ..."
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