Splenial
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The splenial is a small bone in the lower jaw of reptiles, amphibians and birds, usually located on the lingual side (closest to the tongue) between the angular and surangular.[1][2]
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Bones in the tetrapod skeleton
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- Italics denote neomorphic bones present only in particular clades
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