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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:neurocranium
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Definition:Subdivision of skeletal system that surrounds and protects the brain. Includes the skull base, sensory capsules and the central part of the skull roof.
Comment:[development-note] "The cartilaginous parts of the neurocranium undergo endochondral ossification in most species; ossification has been lost in cartilaginous fishes, but the cartilaginous condition of the skull of lampreys is considered to be primitive (Kardong, 1995)[PMID:11523816]. The neurocranium arises from paraxial mesoderm in the head (first five somites and the unsegmented somitomeres rostral to the first somite) and from ectoderm via the neural crest. In Chondrichthyes and other cartilaginous vertebrates this portion of the cranium does not ossify; it is not replaced via endochondral ossification[WP]." xsd:string {source="WP"}; [structure-note] "It includes the following bones: Ethmoid bone, Frontal bone, Occipital bone, Parietal bone, Sphenoid bone, Temporal bone. The term cranium can be ambiguous, in that it can refer to the neurocranium, or the neurocranium and the Facial skeleton"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: brain box
 related_synonym: brain case;   brain pan;   braincase
 xref: FMA:53672;   MA:0000317;   SCTID:361731002;   TAO:0001580;   Wikipedia:Neuroranium;   XAO:0003170;   ZFA:0001580
 relational_adjective: neurocranial
 external_ontology: present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606


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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          structure with developmental contribution from neural crest 0
            skull 0
              primary subdivision of skull 0
                neurocranium 0
                  antorbital cartilage 0
                  basicranium + 0
                  endoskeletal cranial joint 0
                  euryon 0
                  exoccipital endochondral element + 0
                  fontanelle + 0
                  lamina orbitonasalis + 0
                  neurocranium bone + 0
                  olfactory region + 0
                  orbital cartilages 0
                  otic region + 0
                  pharyngeal apophysis 0
                  rostral cartilage 0
                  rostral process 0
                  sphenoid bone pre-cartilage condensation + 0
                  sphenoid region + 0
                  subepiotic fossa 0
                  suborbital shelf 0
                  supraoccipital endochondral element + 0
                  tectum orbitale 0
                  tectum synoticum + 0
                  vault of skull + 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              organism subdivision 0
                main body axis 0
                  body proper 0
                    craniocervical region 0
                      head 0
                        head mesenchyme 0
                          head paraxial mesoderm 0
                            cartilaginous neurocranium 0
                              neurocranium 0
                                antorbital cartilage 0
                                basicranium + 0
                                endoskeletal cranial joint 0
                                euryon 0
                                exoccipital endochondral element + 0
                                fontanelle + 0
                                lamina orbitonasalis + 0
                                neurocranium bone + 0
                                olfactory region + 0
                                orbital cartilages 0
                                otic region + 0
                                pharyngeal apophysis 0
                                rostral cartilage 0
                                rostral process 0
                                sphenoid bone pre-cartilage condensation + 0
                                sphenoid region + 0
                                subepiotic fossa 0
                                suborbital shelf 0
                                supraoccipital endochondral element + 0
                                tectum orbitale 0
                                tectum synoticum + 0
                                vault of skull + 0
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