squamosal bone
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squamosal bone
[skwə′mō·səl ‚bōn] (anatomy)
The part of the temporal bone in man corresponding with the squamosal bone in lower vertebrates.
(vertebrate zoology)
A membrane bone lying external and dorsal to the auditory capsule of many vertebrate skulls.
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