Re: Anatomical terms

["Nick Gardner" <ratites637@hotmail.com>]

Graeme Worth wrote:
> There are a few anatomical terms I'm having great difficulty finding 
> definitions for. Hopefully one of the anatomy wizards on the list can help 
> out?
> autopidal
> jugomaxillar arch
> nasolacrimal crest

Nasolacrimal crests are crests that run from the nasals to the lacrimals, 
like those of Dilophosaurus and Liliensternus.

> neural pedicle
> nuchal ring
> os carre
> parietal bar
> paraoccipital wing

Probably the paroccipital process.

> transversum
> pubic plate

Probably the pubic apron(?).

> ischial foot

A distal expansion of the ilium, look at most non-coelurosaurian tetanurans 
for an example.

> pneumatopore

Sort of a countersink-structure in a bone.  See the paroccipital of 
Archaeopteryx or some dromaeosaurids, I suppose.


Nick Gardner
aim s/n Eoraptor22

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