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TABLE 2.1 (continued)
Major Muscles of Sea Turtles: Locations and Innervations
Hind foot extensors
Dorsal and lateral femur
Dorsal and anterior fibula and digits
Tibial nerve
Respiratory Muscles
Testocoracoideus
Carapace near anterior inframarginals
Dorsal coracoid
Cervical spinal nerves
Testoscapularis
Carapace posterior to the latissimus
dorsi
Dorsal scapula and the scapular
attachment to the carapace
Cervical spinal nerves
Neck Muscles
Transverse cervical
Parietal and supraoccipital
Pleural 1
Cervical spinal nerves
Biventer cervical
Supraoccipital
Cervical vertebra 8 and adjacent
carapace
Cervical spinal nerves
Longus colli
Cervical vertebrae
Next successive cervical vertebra
Dorsal cervical nerve
Retrahens colli
Cervical vertebrae
Dorsal vertebral elements of the
carapace
Dorsal cervical nerve
Head Muscles
Intermandibularis
Medial dentary bones
Midline raphe tendon of
pseudotemporalis
Trigeminal nerve
Constrictor colli
Dorsolateral cervical tendon
Midline tendon (raphe)
Facial nerve
Geniohyoideus
Medial dentary deep to
intermandibularis
Hyoid
Facial nerve
Coracohyoideus
Coracoid
Hyoid
Facial nerve
Adductor mandibulae
(parietal part)
Parietal
Dentary, with small insertions on the
squamosal bone
Trigeminal nerve
Adductor mandibulae
(supraoccipital part)
Supraoccipital
Dentary, with small insertions on the
squamosal bone
Trigeminal nerve
Adductor mandibulae
(quadrate part)
Quadrate
Dentary, with small insertions on the
squamosal bone
Trigeminal nerve
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