Turtle Bone Anatomy
Turtle Bone Anatomy . Both the shoulder and pelvic girdles of turtles are located within the shell and hence are effectively within the rib cage. Olive ridleys turtles are dark grey. Vintage Sea Turtle Skeleton Print. Animal Anatomy Chart from curiousprints.com The space between these is used for intrathecal injections and csf collection. A single pygal bone and a pair of suprapygal bones form the caudal edge of the carapace (wyneken, 2001) (fig.2b). The turtle is studied in comparative anatomy because it is the only extant member of the subclass anapsida.