Anatomy

Anatomy

It is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things

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amphicoelous

Biology; Anatomy

Describes vertebrae in which the front and back of the centrum are concave. A feature of dinosaur vertebrae that were not supposed to move very much relative to one another, such as posterior ...

A similar character state present in two or more species of organisms that is derived from different characters in their common ancestor. The opposable digits of Pandas and humans are analogous as ...

Biology; Anatomy

Forward of; closer to or in the direction of the skull, specifically the tip of the "snout." For example, the arms are anterior to the legs.

appendicular skeleton

Biology; Anatomy

The forelimbs, shoulders, hindlimbs and hip bones.

arctometatarsalian

Biology; Anatomy

Describes the condition where the third metatarsal is pinched or compressed between the second and fourth metatarsals. This condition is found in tyrannosaurids, ornithomimids, troodontids, ...

astragalocalcaneum

Biology; Anatomy

Bone formed by the fusion of the of the anklebones astragalus and calcaneum. This feature was developed convergently in birds and ceratosaurs.

basicranium

Biology; Anatomy

The underside of the skull not including the palate; the base of the braincase and the back of the throat. This region is made up of irregularly shaped bones whose names end in "sphenoid" and which ...