Dermal bone positioned as the first bone of the infraorbital series. The antorbital articulates with the lacrimal or infraorbital 1 anteroventrally and the supraorbital posterodorsally. The antorbital is a paired bone. [ TAO:GA_TG ]
Synonyms: adnasal periorbital lateral rostral
Term information
The antorbital in some teleosts fuses with the lacrimal. The antorbital contains the end branch of the infraorbital canal or neuromasts for the infraorbital canal in basal teleosts such as elopiformes, some osteoglossomorphs and fossil basal teleosts.
This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon
Term relations
- skeletal element of eye region
- dermal bone
- facial bone
- part of some infraorbital series
- part of some orbit of skull
- part of some dermatocranium