External Anatomy of Sea Turtles
Learn the external anatomy of sea turtles.
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- Toward the top of the shell
- Toward the plastron
- Toward the head of the turtle
- Toward the tail of the turtle
- Toward the midline
- Away from the midline; Towards the sides
- Close to the body or start of a structure
- Away from the body or main structure
- Underneath a structure
- The bottom shell
- The top shell
- The scute that is closest to the neck looking anterior to posterior
- The scute that is posterior to the interjugular scute
- The scute that is posterior to the gular scute and anterior to the pectoral scute
- The scute that is posterior to the humeral scute and anterior to the abdominal scute.
- The scute that is posterior to the humeral scute and anterior to the femoral scute.
- The scute that is posterior to the abdominal scute and anterior to the anal scute.
- The scute that is posterior to the femoral scute.
- Scutes that are AKA “bridge scutes”; Span the distance between marginal scutes and the plates of the plastron.
- Scutes that run along the edge of the carapace.
- AKA Costals
- Scutes that run along the vertebral column or middle of the carapace.
- One scute that is at the most anterior portion of the shell.
- How do scutes get numbered?
- What sea turtle has 2 pairs of prefrontal scales and 4 overlapping lateral scutes?
- What sea turtle has 1 pair of prefrontal scales and 4 lateral scutes?
- What sea turtle has 1+ pairs of prefrontal scales and 5 lateral scutes?
- What sea turtle has no scales and no scutes, but has ridges?
- What sea turtle has 4 inframarginal scutes with no pores
- What sea turtle has 4 inframarginal scutes with out pores?
- What sea turtle has 4 inframarginal scutes with pores?
- What sea turtle has 3 inframarginal scutes with no pores?
- What sea turtle has no scutes?
- Scientific name: Eretmochelys imbricata
- Scientific name: Chelonia mydas
- Scientific name: Lepidochelys kempii
- Scientific name: Caretta caretta
- Dermochelys coriacea
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