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Skull and Facial Muscles - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
Revision as of 09:09, 30 July 2008
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*High caudal part of the skull
*High caudal part of the skull
===Avian===
*Pneumatised skull bones
**Spaces in skull bones which connect to airways in the head rather than the air sacs
*Large orbits
*Skull plates are separated by spongy bone
*A single occipital condyle articulates with the atlas allowing more rotation of the head
*In parrots, the nasal bone and frontal bone are joined by a flexible cartliage structure allowing greater jaw opening which is called the craniofacial hinge. This allows kinesis to occur.
*Thin jugal arch (equivalent to zygomatic arch)
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