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Figure 8

From: Comparative evaluation of the cadaveric, radiographic and computed tomographic anatomy of the heads of green iguana (Iguana iguana) , common tegu ( Tupinambis merianae) and bearded dragon ( Pogona vitticeps)

Figure 8

Normal radiographic anatomy of the head of the bearded dragon in LL projection. A. LL photographic image in a superficial plane of the stratigraphic dissection of the head of a bearded dragon (only skin was removed). B. LL photographic image in a deep plane of the stratigraphic dissection of the head of a bearded dragon. C. LL radiographic projection of the head of a bearded dragon. Ro is rostral, Do is dorsal. 1. Premaxillary bone; 2. Nostril; 3. Prefrontal bone; 4. Eye; 5. Maxillary bone; 6. Postorbital bone; 7. Jugal bone; 8. Musculus adductor mandibulae externus superficialis; 9. Ear; 10. Musculus adductor mandibulae externus medialis; 11. Musculus pterygoideus typicus; 12. Musculus depressor mandibulae; 13. Fat body; 14. Ceratobranchial process of hyobranchial skeleton; 15. Musculus sphincter colli; 16. Quadrato maxillary ligament; 17. Infralabial glands; 18. Supralabial gland; 19. Dentary bone; 20. Tongue; 21. Musculus trapezius + Musculus clavicle dorsalis; 22. Musculus episternocleidomastoid; 23. Trachea; 24. Articular bone; 25. Angular bone + Surangular bone; 26. Frontal bone; 27. Parietal bone; 28. Squamosal bone; 29. Paraoccipital process of otooccipital bone; 30. Quadrate bone; 31. Epipterygoid bone; 32. Coronoid bone; 33. Ectopterygoid bone; 34. Pterygoid bone; 35. Scleral ossicles; 36. Palatine bone; 37. Vomer bone.

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