Squama (or squamous, squame) refers to a structure shaped like a decumbent
scale
Scale or scales may refer to:
Mathematics
* Scale (descriptive set theory), an object defined on a set of points
* Scale (ratio), the ratio of a linear dimension of a model to the corresponding dimension of the original
* Scale factor, a number ...
of a
fish.
More specifically, it can refer to:
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Squama frontalis
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Squama occipitalis
The squamous part of occipital bone is situated above and behind the foramen magnum, and is curved from above downward and from side to side.
External surface
The external surface is convex and presents midway between the summit of the bone and ...
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Squama temporalis
The squamous part of temporal bone, or temporal squama, forms the front and upper part of the temporal bone, and is scale-like, thin, and translucent.
Surfaces
Its outer surface is smooth and convex; it affords attachment to the temporal muscle ...
, the squamous portion of the
temporal bone
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Squamous cell
In
Crustacea
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...
, it can refer to the scaphocerite, a scale-like, flattened
exopod The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking. Many of the terms used for arthropod leg segments (called podomeres) are of Latin origin, and may be confused with terms for bones: ''coxa'' (meaning hip, plur ...
of the antenna.
In the
Bivalvia, it refers to a thin, long, concentric imbrication.
Squamous
epithelium
Epithelium or epithelial tissue is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue. It is a thin, continuous, protective layer of compactly packed cells with a little intercellul ...
refers to epithelium, e.g. the skin, composed of squamous cells.
See also:
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Desquamation
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