| squamous part of temporal bone | The broad, flat, thin (scale-like) anterior and superior portion of the temporal bone forming part of the lateral wall of the cranial vault. Synonym: pars squamosa ossis temporalis, squama temporalis, temporal squama. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| squamous pearl | A focus of central keratinization within concentric layers of abnormal squamous cells; seen in squamous cell carcinoma. Synonym: epithelial nest, epithelial pearl, squamous pearl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squamous suture | A scalelike suture, one whose opposing margins are scalelike and overlapping. Synonym: sutura squamosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neoplasms, squamous cell | Neoplasms composed of squamous cells of the epithelium. The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in tissue composed of squamous elements. (12 Dec 1998) |
| stratified squamous epithelium | An epithelium consisting of several layers of keratin containing cells in which the surface cells are flattened and scale-like and the deeper cells are polyhedral in form. Keratin filaments become progressively more abundant toward the surface, which on the dry surfaces of the body may consist of a layer of dead corneocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |