Computed tomographic anatomy of the head of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-169

  Arencibia, A ^a   Rivero, M A ^a   De Miguel, I ^a   Contreras, S ^a   Cabrero, A ^b   Oros J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Santa Catalina Clinic   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Computed tomography; Head; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE TISSUE; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; HEAD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; RECUMBENCY; SEA; SOFT TISSUE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; HEAD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURTLES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA;

EID: 33745506456     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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