| Term Name: | roofing cartilage |
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| Definition: | Cartilaginous larval structure dorsal to the four anterior-most vertebrae, which forms the connection between neural arches and supraneurals in the Weberian apparatus. Located dorsal to the neural tube. |
| Appears at: | Larval:Days 7-13 (168.0h-14d, 4.5mm, 8 teeth) |
| Evident until: | Larval:Days 21-29 (21d-30d, 7.8mm, 10 teeth) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001172] |
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