A structure consisting of a pair of anterior and posterior dorsal bursae in which a pair of phonic lips are embedded, along with the bursal cartilage and a blowhole ligament. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0120885522 ]
Synonyms: MLDB complex
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Term information
taxon notes
all odontocetes except sperm whales posses two bilaterally placed MLDB complexes, placed just below the floor of the vestibular sac
Term relations
Subclass of:
- lateral structure
- multi-tissue structure
- part of some head
- located in some nasal cavity
- capable of part of some echolocation
- in lateral side of some head
- part of some Eumetazoa
- in taxon some Cetacea
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