carapace
[kar′əpās]
Etymology: Sp, carapacho, hard shell
a horny shield or shell covering the dorsal surface of an animal such as a turtle.
carapace
the dorsal shell of turtles and tortoises. Abnormalities are caused by trauma, dietary deficiencies (particularly nutritional hyperparathyroidism), infections, environmental factors and tumors.
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Carapace of the tortoise. By permission from Aspinall V, O'Reilly M, Introduction to Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, Butterworth Heinemann, 2004
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