dermal skeleton
Skeletal subdivision that undergoes direct development and includes elements that either develop in association with the basement membrane of the ectoderm or are homologous with such elements; includes dermatocranium, components of the appendicular skeleton, teeth and tooth-like elements of the oropharynx, and integumentary elements. [ PSPUB:0000170 VSAO:0000035 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]
Term info
- XAO:0004025
- VSAO:0000035
This ontology covers metazoa, so we do not use exoskeleton as primary label, as in VSAO
dermal skeletal system, dermoskeleton, desmoskeleton
exoskeleton
uberon
UBERON:0010364