BCP 101 GD First Timers: Bones 1 (M-P)

The whale’s ribs are called floating ribs because they do not connect to a bone on the underside.

The pink parts of this diagram are cartilage that connect the ribs to the clavicle.

We have 4 floating ribs.

This (below) is the carpiece of the turtle.

The spinal cord of the turtle is fused to its carapace just as ours is.

Owl eyes are so big that they can’t move in their skull! This is why their vertebrae are engineered for a 250º turn of the neck! They can’t turn their eyes, but they can really turn their heads!

Look carefully at the eye bones of the creature above. Each one is made of several bones that have grown together.

Eye bones are called orbital bones.

Owls can turn their necks a whopping 7/8ths of the way around.