Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: A turtle's shell is as much a part of its body as our rib cage is of ours. In fact, it is their rib cage, and their spine, and their vertebrae ...

1), allowing for shell injury to be anatomically described in terms of location and extent. Figure 1: Names of the individual scutes of an eastern long-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis).

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...