Figures showing the common origin of mouse and human craniofacial bones.
Homology
Key
Green, premaxilla
Blue, maxilla
Purple, mandible
Pink, nasal bones
Light blue, frontal bones
Yellow-orange, zygomatic
Salmon, sphenoid
Gray, temporal bones and bulla
Light purple, parietal bones
Light yellow, occipital
White, mouse interfrontal and interparietal
Key
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Green, premaxilla
Blue, maxilla
Purple, mandible
Pink, nasal bones
Light blue, frontal bones
Yellow-orange, zygomatic
Salmon, sphenoid
Gray, temporal bones and bulla
Light purple, parietal bones
Light yellow, occipital
References: Gans 1993, Richtsmeier, et al. 2008
Synchondroses
Bones
Yellow, presphenoid
Green, basisphenoid
Blue, basioccipital
Purple, exoccipital
Sychondroses
ISS intersphenoid synchondrosis
SOS, sphenooccipital synchondrosis
EO-BO, exoccipital-basioccipital synchondrosis
Origin
Bones labeled in blue are derived from cranial neural crest cell.
References: McBratney, et al. 2008, and Sperber et al. 2010
