The dentary is a dermal bone that forms the antero-lateral part of the lower jaw in fishes and amphibians. In mammals the lower jaw consists entirely of the dentary bone.

Local Unique Identifier

0001022

Synonym

• dentary bone (RELATED)
• mandible (RELATED)

Parents

hog:0001190

Relation BFO:0000050 part of

• hog:0000428
• hog:0000510
• hog:0000812
• hog:0001665

Xref Teleost Anatomy Ontology

tao:0000191