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quadrate bone

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quadrate bone [′kwä‚drāt ‚bōn]
(vertebrate zoology)
A small element forming part of the upper jaw joint on each side of the head in vertebrates below mammals.


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13) Vibrations of a tympanum (recent evidence suggests that the tympanum was supported by the reflected lamina of the angular bone) were conducted through the articular bone in the lower jaw, through the quadrate bone in the upper jaw, through the stapes, and into the uric capsule.
 
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