Quadrate bone

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA bone between the base of the lower jaw and the skull in most vertebrates other than mammals. In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with the skull; in mammals it is represented by the incus.

Synonyms

angular surangular lower jaw jawbone jaw bone jaw-bone coronoid incisive bone otic bone mentomeckelian vomer bone underjaw

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