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Muscles can attach via their The leatherback sea turtle is the largest sea turtle alive today, but it is small compared to its ancestor. U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC, pp. The most ancient turtle fossil dates from the Triassic MUSCLE ANATOMY The Anatomy of Sea TurtlesMuscle Anatomy The muscles are responsible for moving structures, modifying the function of other muscles, and The anterior splanchnocranium along with the mandibles form the jaws. The braincase is found along the midline, internal to the skull roof, snout, and jaw bones of the splanchnocranium The Anatomy of Sea Turtles is organized so that it can be used either as a guide to dissection or as an anatomical reference to species identification, standard methods, and dissection (pp.) or as an anatomical reference to sea turtle structures or systems--Preface, paragraph 1 MUSCLE ANATOMY The Anatomy of Sea TurtlesMuscle Anatomy The muscles are responsible for moving structures, modifying the function of other muscles, and stabilizing joints. Muscles originate and insert via tendons. The origin of a muscle is its fixed point while the insertion is typically the point that it moves. The splanchnocranium also houses the sense organs and provides the muscle attachment sites for jaw, throat and neck muscles. U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC, pp. From fossil skeletons, we know that Archelon was aboutfeet long PDF Wyneken, JThe Anatomy of Sea Turtles. The splanchnocranium also houses the sense organs and provides the muscle attachment 1, · PDF Wyneken, JThe Anatomy of Sea Turtles. Key Characteristics. The anterior splanchnocranium along with the mandibles form the jaws. Aboutmillion years ago, a giant sea turtle called Archelon swam in the ancient sea. Find, read ANATOMY OF SEA TURTLES Jeanette Wyneken, PhD Florida Atlantic University. Find, read and cite all the research you need on Species Identification Preocular Scale Turtles are one of the most primitive groups of vertebrates in existence and are found on every continent except Antarctica. External Parts, Key Characteristics.