Meckelian

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Meck`e´li`an


a.1.(Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a German anatomist.
Meckelian cartilage
the cartilaginous rod which forms the axis of the mandible; - called also Meckel's cartilage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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CARC, coracoarcualis; CH, coracohyoideus; CHV, ventral hyoid constrictor; CHYM, coracohyomandibularis; CM, coracomandibularis; DHYM, depressor hyomandibularis; DM, depressor mandibularis; DR, depressor rostri; F, fascia; MC, Meckelian cartilage; POM, preorbitalis medial; QMA, quadratomandibularis anterior; QMD, quadratomandibularis deep; QMM, quadratomandibularis medialis; QMP, quadratomandibularis posterior; VR-SUPC, ventral superficial branchial constrictor muscles.
Compared Morphology of the Cephalic Musculature in Five Species of Genus Urotrygon (Chondrichthyes: Urolophidae)/ Morfologia Comparada de la Musculatura Cefalica de Cinco Especies del Genero Urotrygon (Chondrichthyes: Urolophidae)
a, angular; art, articular; bo, basioccipital; d, dentary; ect, ectopterygoid; f, frontal; j, jugal; l, lacrimal; mcg, meckelian groove; mx, maxilla; n, nasal; op, opisthotic; p, parietal; pal, palatine; pf, postfrontal; pmx, premaxilla; po, postorbital; pp, postparietal; pro, prootic; prf, prefrontal; pbs, parabasisphenoid; pt, pterygoid; q, quadrate, qj, quadratojugal; so, supraoccipital; sp, splenial; sq, squamosal; st, supratemporal; sa, surangular; ta, tabular; v, vomer
The phylogenetic position of Nyctiphruretus acudens, a parareptile from the Permian of Russia/Posicion filogenetica de Nyctiphruretus acudens, un parareptil del Permico de Rusia
Adductor mandibulae muscle inserting in triangular recess dorsal to Meckelian cartilage between dentary and articular.
Descriptive anatomy of Iso rhothophilus (Ogilby), with a phylogenetic analysis of Iso and a redefinition of Isonidae (Atheriniformes)
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