an appendage of the skull composed of a solid bony core and supported on a permanent skin-covered base
One of a pair of deciduous (non-permanent) bony structures on the heads of the Cervidae. Antlers are almost always branched, and grow from pedicels on the frontal bones. They are generally shed and regrown every year.
a bony structure found on the head of deer
Branched horns of deer family. Ancient organic medium. White to brownish. (2.5)
Branched (usually), boney head ornament of frontal bone found in cervids, often only in males, covered with skin (velvet) during growth; shed annually.
A solid, bony, branched outgrowth.
the annually cast and regenerated bony growth originating from the pedicle portion of the skull in members of the deer family
Antlers are the large and complex horn-like appendages of deer, consisting of bony outgrowths from the head with no covering of keratin as is found in true horns. Each antler grows from an attachment point on the skull called a pedicle. While an antler is growing it is covered with highly vascular skin called velvet, which supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone; once the antler has achieved its proper size, the velvet is lost and the antler's bone dies.