Skeleton - Turtles

Question 1

Single head found on turtle’s ribs

Answer 1

Capitulum

Question 2

Consists of 2 sacral vertebra bearing sacral ribs

Answer 2

Sacrum

Question 3

Have neural, haemal, and transverse processes

Answer 3

Caudal vertebrae

Question 4

Fused to sacrum

Answer 4

1st caudal vertebrae

Question 5

Inseparably fused to the vertebral plates of the carapace

Answer 5

Neural arches

Question 6

Expanded and fused to the inner surface of the costal plates of the carapace

Answer 6

Ribs of the trunk vertebrae

Question 7

Describe the centrum of a turtle

Answer 7

Saddle-shaped or heterocoelous

Question 8

How many ribless cervical vertebrae are there?

Answer 8

8

Question 9

Sternum of turtles

Answer 9

Plastron

Question 10

Shank bones

Answer 10

Tibia and fibula

Question 11

What are fused to the carapace?

Answer 11

1st caudal
2 sacral
10 trunk vertebrae

Question 12

True or False. Pectoral girdle moved to the inside of the ribs.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What does the vertebral column consist of?

Answer 13

Cervical
Trunk
Sacral
Caudal regions

Question 14

Believed to represent the acromion process in mammals

Answer 14

Prescapular process

Question 15

Represent clavicle

Answer 15

Epiplastra

Question 16

Represent the interclavicle

Answer 16

Entoplastron

Question 17

Has a prominent knob or head that fits into the acetabulum

Answer 17

Femur

Question 18

The ankle joint occurs between the 2 rows of ankle bones

Answer 18

Intratarsal joint

Question 19

Tripartite bony structure

Answer 19

Endoskeletal part of the girdle