Embryonic Alligator CN VII-Innervated Muscles

3D Model

Model of the facial nerve (7th cranial nerve), and four muscles innervated by CN VII of a stage 19 (d27-28) embryonic American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis; MUVC AL089).

Published as Figure 13E in: Lessner, E. J., Holliday, C. M. (2020). A 3D ontogenetic atlas of Alligator mississippiensis cranial nerves and their significance for the comparative neurology of reptiles. Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24550