squamosaladj.n.
/skwəˈməʊsəl/ Anatomy.
A. adj.
1. squamosal bone n. the squamous bone.
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squamous bone?1541
temporal?1541
shaft1552
vaginal process1726
mastoid process1732
supertemporal1834
mastoid1840
stylohyal1846
squamosal1848
squamosal bone1849
tympanohyal1873
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 940/1 In all the mammalia it articulates..with the squamous element of the temporal—the squamosal bone.
1875 T. H. Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 754/1 The T-shaped squamosal bone..sends a broad, flat process inwards.
2. Of or pertaining to the squamous bone.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > bones of temple
sternomastic1745
stylomastoid1797
mastoid1800
mastoidean1824
mastoidal1828
mastoideal1828
stylohyoid1840
paroccipital1849
bitemporal1850
squamosal1863
stylohyal1880
1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature iii. 142 Notwithstanding the great length of the skull..the squamosal suture is very straight.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 43 The lower jaw articulates directly with the squamosal element of the cranial walls.
B. n.
The squamosal bone or squamous portion of the temporal bone.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > bones of temple
squamous bone?1541
temporal?1541
shaft1552
vaginal process1726
mastoid process1732
supertemporal1834
mastoid1840
stylohyal1846
squamosal1848
squamosal bone1849
tympanohyal1873
1848 R. Owen On Archetype & Homologies Vertebr. Skeleton 146 The chief bulk of this segment of the brain is protected..by the intercalated squamosals.
1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 86 The upper contour of the squamosal is nearly straight.
1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 157 The Squamosal..bounds the brain-box laterally.
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