Name: | tripus |
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Definition: | The fourth Weberian ossicle. The tripus is a complex modification of the parapophysis and rib of the third vertebra. Anteriorly it attaches to the interosseus ligament and posteriorly it extends as a transformator process embedded in the tunica externa of the swim bladder. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000698] |
Name: | transformed to |
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Definition: | A morphological quality between two bearers inhering that one bearer is subject to change the nature, function, or condition of itself to become the other. |
Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002470] |
Name: | parapophysis 2 |
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Synonyms: | basipophysis, lateral process 2 |
Definition: | Lateral projection from the second centrum, absent in Siluriformes (Fink and Fink, 1996). |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001393] |