postquadrate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ quadrate

Adjective[edit]

postquadrate (not comparable)

  1. Behind the quadrate bone
    • 2015 July 16, “The Stapes of Gomphodont Cynodonts: Insights into the Middle Ear Structure of Non-Mammaliaform Cynodonts”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Stapes morphology does not provide evidence to suggest a direct connection between the stapes and a postquadrate tympanic membrane (if present) and the hypothesis of a dorsal process as the site of attachment of a small ligament or the stapedial muscle is supported.
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