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Adductor mandibulae
(prootic part)
Prootic
Dentary, with small insertions on the
squamosal bone
Trigeminal nerve
Adductor mandibulae
(opisthotic part)
Opisthotic
Dentary, with small insertions on the
squamosal bone
Trigeminal nerve
Pseudotemporalis
Parietal
Medial internal tendon to lower jaw
Trigeminal nerve
Tongue muscles
na
na
Hypoglossal nerve and
glossopharyngeal
Depressor mandibulae
complex
Quadrate, quadratojugal, and
squamosal bones
Articular of the lower jaw
(in Dermochelys
a portion inserts on
the auditory tube)
Facial nerve
Note:
na = where innervations could not be found or could not be confirmed.
a
May be absent in D. coriacea.
b
Very reduced.
Source:
Based on Fürbringer, M., Zur vergleichenden anatomie der schultermuskeln (The comparative anatomy of shoulder muscles), Jena Zschr.
8, 175–280, 1874;
Gadow, H., A contribution to the myology of the hind extremity in reptiles, Morphologisches Jahrbuch,
7, 329–466, 1882; Walker, W.F., Jr., The locomotor apparatus
of testudines, in Biology of the Reptilia,
Gans, C. and Parsons, T.S., Eds., Academic Press, New York, 1973, pp. 1–100; and Wyneken, J. The Anatomy of Sea Turtles,
U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-470, 2001, 172 pp.
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