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It is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things

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Premaxillary bone
Biology; Anatomy

Skull bone just forward of the maxillary in the upper jaw.

Osteoderm
Biology; Anatomy

Any bone imbedded in the skin . Osteoderms include the scutes of crocodiles, the keeled scutes, spines, and tail-club bones of ankylosaurs, and the plates, spines, and gular ossicles of stegosaurs. ...

Opisthocoelous
Biology; Anatomy

Describes vertebrae in which the front of the centrum is convex and the rear of the centrum is concave -- so that the front of the vertebra fits into the next vertebra forward like a ball-and-socket ...

Predentary bone
Biology; Anatomy

Mandible bone, unique to Predentatans among the Dinosauria, just forward of the dentary bone in the lower jaw.

Opisthopubic
Biology; Anatomy

Describes a condition where the pubis bones point backward, as in maniraptors and predentatans.

Posterior
Biology; Anatomy

Behind; closer to or in the direction of the rear or tail. For example, the legs are posterior to the arms.

Pollex
Biology; Anatomy

The first, or innermost, digit of the manus. This is the "thumb" in humans.

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