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Skin

Monday, January 26th, 2009


The epidermal coat of lizards is a scaly layer, the scales more than usually overlapping.  Because the animals are “pokilothermic” and because they do need not be kept moist, the skin is remarkably devoid of glands.  In some species they may be a most fine coat of bead like bony pieces just beneath the skin organ.  These are called osteoderms.  They may well be fused to the bones of the head. making the skin immovable.

The scales themselves may be smooth or “kneeled”.  If they are smooth they will feel like smooth  fine leather and even appear to be in  state of almost being polished.  If they are “keeled” , they indeed may be rough or spiny depending on the species themselves and the specifics of that species.

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Jacobson’s Organ

Monday, January 26th, 2009


This celebrated feature is probably better developed in snakes than lizards. It is a system of nerves entering a cavity in the roof of the mouth.  When air particles are collected with the tongue, the lizard places the tongue against this organ for analysis.

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Brain

Monday, January 26th, 2009


While it is more than “well known”,  and a fact that the  brains of huge dinosaurs was scarcely even the size of a walnut, the brains of modern reptiles are small and simple in structure , relating overall to function, although it can be best and easily said that they are predominantly larger.    There are three major areas designated , the cerebral hemispheres , the mid brain and the cerebellum.  Anterior to the cerebral hemisphere is a stalk of variable length and thickness known as the olfactory bulb.  This is the principal scent detector and varies in size depending on the capabilities of scent detection  among species .  Beneath the cerebral hemispheres is a small stalk containing the pituitary  gland  ( growth and development) and the thalamus and hypothalamus  ( activity and homeostatic controls).  This central stalk as a whole is called the diencephalon.

Behind the cerebral hemisphere is the “midbrain”,  this may also be referred to as the “optic lobe” , as it is here that the messages from the eye and eyes are translated after being relayed.   If present , as well , the pineal eye may still have the nerve that connects it directly with the midbrain.

Next comes the cerebellum and medulla.  The medulla is the “start”  of the spinal cord.  It regulates heartbeat and heartbeats as well as respiration and the respiratory systems.   It is known that this area and areas that the messages for balance and overall balance are sent from the ear organs.

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Ear

Monday, January 26th, 2009


The ear is a most important organ for overall balance as well as hearing.  Sound waves hitting the tympanic membrane are relayed by the bone structure to an auditory nerve where the impulse is both received and transmitted to the brain for analysis.  Even in so called “earless lizards”. there is an internal structure. although sound might be detected by certain jaw bones.

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Forelimbs

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009


The vertebrae are the first bones encountered beyond the skull areas.  The first vertebrae is the atlas, so named because it must bear the skull.  The second bone is the axis , the pivot point which allows free movement of the head and neck areas.  The hyoid apparatus in the throatal areas , roughly behind an in front of these first vertebrae, or it may be a free unit – free standing so to speak.   It protects the windpipe.

The body of the vertebrae is called a “centrum ;  the space between centra is the  intercentrum.  The vertebral centra may be one of two types , either amphicouelous ( biconcave) or procoelus ( concave anterior , convex posterior).  The backbone runs the entire length of the tail, but should this member be lost. the replacement will forever be devoid of true vertebrae.  Along the rail section , when true vertebrae are present. one can locate the plane of autonomy, which is usually a cartilaginous plate before or behind the transverse process of the vertebra.

The forelimbs are supported from the pectoral girdle.  The humerus bone articulates at a point between the sternum and interscapula.  Similarly the femur fits into an opening of the ischium.  At the lowest point of the pectoral girdle is the sternum ,  a bone which protects a good part of the internal organs.  Between the sternum and the pelvis may be a bony or cartilaginous union of the ribs, known as the parasternum.  Extending from beneath the scapula  and uniting with the sternum is the clavicle , a bone always present in pairs.

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Dentary Bone

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009


In the mandible , teeth are found on the dentary bones; on the cranium they may be on the maxilliary, premaillary  , palatine or pterygoid bones.  The teeth themselves may be pleurodont ( along the side of the bone) or acrodont ( along the crest of the bone).  In some lizards theodont teeth ( fitting in the sockets) are found, but along with one of the other types.  The teeth may be pyramidal , conical , flat , bicuspid or tricuspid.  They can be quickly and frequently replaced.

Between the maxilliary, premaxilliary and septomaxilliary bones is a large gap in the cranium.  This is in effect the internal nasal arch through which the nostrils draw air through the skull into the mouth.  Another gap exists a little behind this , usually behind the middle of the skull , and in here that the eye is housed.  Along the ocular cavity is a bone or pair of bones , called the frontals.  This is a centrally located bone met anterior by the nasals or occasionally the prefrontal.  It is bordered posterior by the parietal.  Along the border of the frontal and parietal , or often in the center of the parietal. may be found a single round eye. It is this small aperature that may be the pineal gland or  “third eye” is located.  In species lacking the eye. this pineal foramen is often absent.

There may be a temporal arch, an arch of bone created by the postorbital and squamosal bones.  The lower arch . formed by an extension of the jugular with the quadrate. is not generally found in lizards , but does occur in tuarta, Sphendodon, a lizard like animal inhabitant of New Zealand.  In some lizards and all snakes the upper temporal arch is lacking; in these forms the squamosal bone is rudimentary or absent.

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One last aspect of the skull , that should be mentioned and covered is the occipital condyle. the point where the cranium is fixed to the skull.  This is a point of bone ( single in lizards and other reptiles) where the first vertebra, the atlas attaches to the skull.  It is not always the hindmost part of the skull.

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Cranial Areas

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009


In general discussions about the head of an animal. the upper portion is referred to as the “cranium”. while the lower part consists of the mandible.   In lizards the foremost bone of the mandible is dentary;  it is at the foremost point of the dentary bone that the two halves of mandibles are firmly united ( the symphysis).  The mandible articulates with the cranium at the quadrate bone, located near the rear of the cranium.  The coronium bone juts up behind the dentary bone and fits into a socket formed by the pterygoid bones of the cranium.  The distance from the tip of the snout to the coronoid intersection determines the gape of the lizard.

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