Mandibular cartilage

Japanese: 下顎軟骨 - かがくなんこつ
Mandibular cartilage

…It is the name given to the human body in anatomy, and in comparative anatomy, the correct term is “dentary.” The primitive form of the lower jaw skeleton of vertebrates with jaws can be seen in the “mandibular cartilage” of extant cartilaginous fish such as sharks. As evolution progresses to the stage of spiny fishes and bony fishes, several types of bones develop secondarily around the existing mandibular cartilage, and the mandibular skeleton comes to be composed of several bones on one side. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "mandibular cartilage" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人体解剖学上の名称で,比較解剖学的には〈歯骨dentary〉が正しい。あごをもつ脊椎動物の下顎の骨格の原始の姿はサメなど現存の軟骨魚類のもつ〈下顎軟骨〉に見ることができる。進化がすすんで棘魚(きよくぎよ)類,硬骨魚類などの段階になると,もとからある下顎軟骨の周囲に数種類の骨が二次的に発生し,下顎骨格は片側が数個の骨で構成されるようになる。…

※「下顎軟骨」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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