Squama
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Squama (or squamous, squame) refers to a structure shaped like a decumbent scale of a fish.
More specifically, it can refer to:
- Squama frontalis
- Squama occipitalis
- Squama temporalis, the squamous portion of the temporal bone
- Squamous cell
In Crustacea, it can refer to the scaphocerite, a scale-like, flattened exopod of the antenna.
In the Bivalvia, it refers to a thin, long, concentric imbrication.
Squamous epithelium refers to epithelium, e.g. the skin, composed of squamous cells.
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