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articular bone

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 183 words | Copyright

articular bone In all Gnathostomata except Mammalia, the bone of the lower jaw that articulates with the upper jaw. In Mammalia the articular has become the malleus of the middle ear.

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