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Arch 1 & 2 Development

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Element Development

• The palatoquadrate: associated bones and articulations
• Meckel’s cartilage: associated bones and articulations
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4.5 dpf Development

[ Back to Meckel’s cartilage: associated bones and articulations]

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4.5 dpf zc81Tg Alizarin red	Ventral Movie(s): 4.5 dpf Meckel's ventral movie
Description	By 105 hpf, the retroarticular (ra) bone can be seen in the most distal perichondrium of the retroarticular process of Meckel’s cartilage.