Squamosal Definition

Squamosal Sentence Examples

• In many owls the right and left ears are asymmetrical, and this asymmetry affects the whole of the temporal region, all the bones which surround the outer and middle ear, notably the squamosal and the quadrate, so that the skull becomes lopsided, one ear being turned obliquely down, the other upwards.

• The quadrate is indirectly articulated with the skull, first by the horizontal, movable squamosal, secondly by the columella auris.

• No ectopterygoid pterygoid not extending to quadrate; no supratemporal or squamosal; prefrontal forming a suture with nasal; coronoid present; vestiges of pelvis present.

• The quadrate is carried by the horizontally-elongated squamosal, which rests loosely upon the skull.

• The quadrate is short and thick, and is carried by the broad and short squamosal, which lies flat against the skull, reminding in this respect of Ilysia.