Meckel's cartilage is the bilaterally paired, rod-like, cartilaginous ventral component of the lower jaw, or ventral mandibular arch.

Local Unique Identifier

0000249

Synonym

ventral mandibular cartilage (RELATED)

Parents

hog:0001207

Relation BFO:0000050 part of

• hog:0000453
• hog:0000510

Xref Teleost Anatomy Ontology

tao:0001205