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MAMMALIA -
CAT
Cat - dorsal
view
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/cat_skull_dorsal.jpg)
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Cat - ventral
view
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/cat_skull_ventral.jpg)
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Cat - lateral
view
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/cat_skull_lateral.jpg)
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Cat - posterior
view
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/cat_posterior_skull.jpg)
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Cat sagittal
views - showing the turbinates (nasal conchae) on the
left & the ethmoid plate on the right.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/cat-ethmoturbinals.jpg)
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Cat lower jaw -
find the coronoid, angular & condyloid processes.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/cat-jaws.jpg)
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Youngest Kitten
Skull - shows the angular ring (dermatocranium) with
the malleus (splanchnocranium) inside the ring. The tympanic
bulla (new dermatocranium bone) is the small round bump
partly underneath & posterior to the angular
ring.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/kitten_angular-ring.jpg)
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Kitten Skulls -
series shows growth of tympanic bulla & it's fusion with
the angular ring.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/kitten_skulls.jpg)
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Cat Ear Ossicles
- malleus - far
left
- incus -
center
- stapes -
right
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Cat Hyoid arch -
not in correct anatomical position obviously!
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/cat-hyoid.jpg)
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MAMMALIA - HUMAN
Neonate Human
Skull - anterior view, you can still just detect the
different origins of the premaxilla & maxilla which will
be completely fused in adults.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/fetal_anterior.jpg)
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Adult Human
Skull - anterior view
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/human_skull_front_02.jpg)
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Neonate Human
Skull - lateral view
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/fetal_lateral.jpg)
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Adult Human
Skull - lateral view
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/human_skull_lateral_02.jpg)
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Neonate Human
Skull - ventral view shows the separate occipital
bones
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/fetal_occipitals.jpg)
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Adult Human
Skull - ventral view
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/human_skull_ventral.jpg)
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Human Ear
Ossicles - homologies below
- malleus -
1st arch splanchnocranium =
articular
- incus -
1st arch splanchnocranium =
quadrate
- stapes -
2nd arch splanchnocranium = columella =
hyomandibular
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Adult Human Skull
- interior view
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/human_skull_interior_02.jpg)
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