dermal ridge


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dermal ridge

One of the ridges on the surface of the fingers that make up the fingerprints; also called crista cutis.
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A pronounced dermal ridge on the muzzle and a small nose-leafon snout were also present (Davis, 2007).
MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION IN TWO CLOSELY-RELATED MOUSE-TAILED BAT SPECIES (CHIROPTERA: RHINOPOMATIDAE) CAPTURED FROM MALAKAND DIVISION, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
microcephalus is considered to lack papillae, labial tooth rows (Duellman & Fouquette 1968:527, Altig & McDiarmid 1999:37, Duellman 2001:214, Savage 2002:216, Lynch 2006:447), and dermal ridges (Pugliese et al.
Histological examination of the external oral apparatus of the tadpole of Dendropsophus microcephalus (Hylidae, Hylini)/Examen histologico del aparato bucal externo del renacuajo de Dendropsophus microcephalus (Hylidae, Hylini)
During this same period, the dermal ridges along the volar pads also develop.
Dermatoglyphics in carcinoma breast

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