Micro-CT guided illustration of the head anatomy of penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae).

ABSTRACT: The illustration is an important tool to aid in the description and understanding of anatomy, and penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae) are an important clade in environmental monitoring, paleontology, and other research fields. Traditionally, anatomic illustration has been informed by dissection. More recently, micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) has proven to be a powerful tool for three-dimensional anatomic imaging, although larger specimens are more challenging to image due to increased X-ray attenuation. Here, we used traditional dissection and micro-CT to illustrate the skulls of Aptenodytes patagonicus, Eudyptula minor, and Pygoscelis papua, and the extracranial soft tissue of E. minor. Micro-CT prevented the loss of orientation, disarticulation, and distortion of bones th

SUBMITTER: Hadden PW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9322535 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature