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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References in periodicals archive

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)

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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