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Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone..

Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes..

Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. t.) To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood..

Calcification :: Calcification (n.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue..

Osteotomy :: Osteotomy (n.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc..

Pretemporal :: Pretemporal (a.) Situated in front of the temporal bone.

Hook :: Hook (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

Spine :: Spine (n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae..

Epipteric :: Epipteric (a.) Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.

Malar :: Malar (a.) Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal..

Coronal :: Coronal (n.) The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands..

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) The quadrate bone.

Supraspinal :: Suprasphenoidal (a.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body..

Collar Bone :: Collar bone () The clavicle.

Chine :: Chine (n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.

Squamous :: Squamous () Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale..

Cannon Bone :: Cannon bone () See Canon Bone.

Pterygoid :: Pterygoid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone..

Glabella :: Glabella (n.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon..

Scutellated :: Scutellated (a.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon..

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