A
plate in
animal anatomy may refer to several things:
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(examples: bony plates, dermal plates) of vertebrates
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an appendage of the Stegosauria group of dinosaurs
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articulated armoured plates covering the head of thorax of Placodermi (literally "plate-skinned"), an extinct class of prehistoric fish (including skull, thorax and tooth plates)
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bony shields of the Ostracoderms (armored jawless fishes) such as the dermal head armour of members of the class Pteraspidomorphi that include dorsal, Ventrum, rostral and pineal gland plates
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plates of a carapace, such as the dermal plates of the Turtle shell of a turtle
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dermal plates partly or completely covering the body of the fish in the order Gasterosteiformes that includes the sticklebacks and relatives
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plates of of the armadillo
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Zygomatic plate, a bony plate derived from the flattened front part of the zygomatic arch (cheekbone) in rodent anatomy
Other flat structures
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hairy plate-like keratin scales of the pangolin
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Basal plate (disambiguation), several anatomy-related meanings
Other meanings in human anatomy
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Alar plate, a neural structure in the embryonic nervous system
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Cribriform plate, of the ethmoid bone (horizontal lamina) received into the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone and roofs in the nasal cavities
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Epiphyseal plate, a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone
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Lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid, a broad, thin and everted bone that forms the lateral part of a horseshoe like process that extends from the inferior aspect of the sphenoid bone
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Nail plate, the hard and translucent portion of the nail
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Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone (vertical plate), a thin, flattened lamina, polygonal in form, which descends from the under surface of the cribriform plate, and assists in forming the septum of the nose
Related structures
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Scute, a bony external plate or scale overlaid with horn, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodilians and the feet of birds
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Sclerite, a plate forming the exoskeleton of invertebrates
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