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CROCODILIANS AND TUR TLES


                EXTERNAL FEATURES OF A TERRAPIN                        SKELETON OF A TURTLE
                                                                                         Mandible
                                         Eyelid
                                                                     Vertebra
                      Eye                                                                 Skull
                                          Nuchal shield
                                                                  Scapula
             Claw                                           Phalanges                       Nuchal plate
                                                                                                  Ulna
        Foreleg
                                                                                                   Radius
                                                         Carapace
                                                         (upper shell)
                                                                                                   Humerus
      Marginal                                           Proscapular
         shield
                                                            process
                                                         Coracoid                                  Centrum


                                                                                                    Femur
        Hind leg

                                                           Fibula
        Lateral shield
        (costal shield)                                       Tibia
         Central shield
       (vertebral shield)                                                                   Pelvis
                                  Pygal shield

           Tail crest                    Tail                          INTERNAL ANATOMY OF A
                                                                          FEMALE TORTOISE
                                                                  Buccal cavity
                                                           Scute
                                                                     Lung
                                                                                                 Trachea
                                                                                                 Esophagus
                                                                                                  Heart

                                                                                                  Stomach
                                                             Liver
                                                                                                  Pancreas
                                                        Gallbladder
                                                                                                  Duodenum
                                                      Small intestine
                                                            Ovary                                Kidney
                                Hind leg                    Bladder

                               Hind foot with 4 toes
                                                                                           Rectum
                                                                        Oviduct         Cloaca
             Claw
                                                                                    Anus


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