Meckel's bone - Tips for finding the jaw

Japanese: オトガイメッケル骨 - おとがいめっけるこつ
Meckel's bone - Tips for finding the jaw

… In amphibians, the upper and lower jaws are made up of several bones each, but they are not very mobile. In frogs, only the frontmost premaxilla in the upper jaw and the Meckel's mentalis in the lower jaw move slightly when closing the nostrils. The nostrils first penetrate into the oral cavity in amphibians. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "mental Meckel's bone" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 両生類では,上顎・下顎の骨格はそれぞれ数個の骨から成りたつが,可動性はとぼしい。カエル類の上顎では最前部の前顎骨,下顎のオトガイメッケル骨だけが,鼻孔を閉じるときにわずかに動くようになっている。鼻孔は両生類ではじめて口腔へ貫通する。…

※「オトガイメッケル骨」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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