postquadrate

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ quadrate.

Adjective

postquadrate (not comparable)

1. Behind the quadrate bone
   • 2015 July 16, “The Stapes of Gomphodont Cynodonts: Insights into the Middle Ear Structure of Non-Mammaliaform Cynodonts”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Stapes morphology does not provide evidence to suggest a direct connection between the stapes and a postquadrate tympanic membrane (if present) and the hypothesis of a dorsal process as the site of attachment of a small ligament or the stapedial muscle is supported.