Identify the listed structures on the skeleton of a turtle
- Acromion
- Carpals
- Coracoid
- Femur
- Fibula
- Humerus
- Ilium
- Ischium
- Mandible
- Metacarpals
- Metatarsals
- Phalanges
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- Pubis
- Radius
- Ribs (fused to carapace)
- Scapula
- Skull
- Tarsals
- Tibia
- Ulna
- Vertebrae:
-Caudal
-Cervical (incl. Atlas, Axis)
-Thoracic
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Carapace Scutes:
- Marginals
- Pleurals
- Vertebrals
Plastron Bony Plates:
- Epiplastron (from clavicle)
- Hyoplastron (from gastralia)
- Hypoplastron (from gastralia)
- Xiphiplastron (from gastralia)
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Turtle Shells
Tortoise carapace missing most epidermal scutes except for marginal scutes:
Pond Slider carapace missing numerous epidermal scutes:
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