Woodpecker Skull

“Saurognathous skull of woodpecker (Colaptes auratus). v, v, the posterior parts of the abortive vomer; s, point of sphenoid; mxp, maxillopalatine; pt, pterygoid; me, ossified mesethmoid; pl, palatine; q, quadrate; bt, basitemporal; fm, foramen magnum. The posterior part of one palatine is cut away to show the long anterior projection of the pterygoid.” -Whitney, 1911

Keywords

bird anatomy, foramen magnum, palate, palatine, Pterygoid, Quadrate, woodpecker skull, Saurognathous skull, Colaptes auratus, abortive vomer, maxillopalatine, ossified mesethmoid, basitemporal, skull parts

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Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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