loading...| Preferred Name |
skull |
| Synonyms |
cranial skeleton skeletal system of head |
| Definitions |
Anatomical structure that is part of the head consisting entirely of cranium and mandible[WP]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003129 |
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0037303 galen:Skull WikipediaCategory:Skull GAID:82 Wikipedia:Skull NCIT:C12789 FMA:46565 EMAPA:17680 BTO:0001295 EHDAA2:0000325 SCTID:110530005 CALOHA:TS-2344 MESH:D012886 |
| definition |
Anatomical structure that is part of the head consisting entirely of cranium and mandible[WP]. |
| has part | |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
cranial skeleton skeletal system of head |
| id |
UBERON:0003129 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
skull |
| notation |
UBERON:0003129 |
| only in taxon | |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
skull |
| present_in_taxon | |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
in many ontologies, the structure called the cranium is inclusive of the mandible/lower jaw skeleton 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. |
| 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 |
| subClassOf |