Fig. 3 in Functional Significance Of Anatomical Accommodation In The Skull Of Common Hoopoe, Upupa Epops (Bucerotiforme Upupidae)

Fig. 3. Ventral view of the skull of common hoopoe Upupa epops: A, B — shows bony elements of floor of brain case beside reveal the articulation site between pterygoid with palate bone (double arrows) and pterygoid with quadrate (black arrow), and appearance of rudiment of aponeurosis of M. pterygoideus (white arrow) which connected tightly with lateral crest of palate; C — photomacrograph of the ventral surface of skull of common hoopoe stained with Alizarin red stain showing the ventral fossa of pars lateralis (Fv) gives faint red color while dense red color appear on the lateral crest of palate (Lc). Scale bar 5 mm. See the list of anatomical abbreviations.