Synapsed vs Synapsid - What's the difference?
synapsed | synapsid |
(synapse)
(neuroanatomy, cytology) The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.
To form a synapse.
To undergo synapsis.
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Pertaining to the class Synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.
*1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2000, p. 26:
*:We are synapsid tetrapods, a group of reptiles that almost went extinct 200 million years ago in competition with the better-designed dinosaurs.