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  MAMMALIA - CAT

Cat - dorsal view	Cat - ventral view
Cat - lateral view	Cat - posterior view
Cat sagittal views - showing the turbinates (nasal conchae) on the left & the ethmoid plate on the right.	Cat lower jaw - find the coronoid, angular & condyloid processes.
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.	Kitten Skulls - series shows growth of tympanic bulla & it's fusion with the angular ring.
Cat Ear Ossicles malleus - far left incus - center stapes - right	Cat Hyoid arch - not in correct anatomical position obviously!

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.	Adult Human Skull - anterior view
Neonate Human Skull - lateral view	Adult Human Skull - lateral view
Neonate Human Skull - ventral view shows the separate occipital bones	Adult Human Skull - ventral view
Human Ear Ossicles - homologies below malleus - 1st arch splanchnocranium = articular incus - 1st arch splanchnocranium = quadrate stapes - 2nd arch splanchnocranium = columella = hyomandibular	Adult Human Skull - interior view

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