Embryonic Alligator CN IX-Innervated Muscles

Description

Model of the glossopharyngeal nerve (9th cranial nerve), and two muscles innervated by CN IX of a stage 19 (d27-28) embryonic American alligator (*Alligator mississippiensis*; MUVC AL089). Published as Figure 15C in: Lessner, E. J., Holliday, C. M. (2020). A 3D ontogenetic atlas *Alligator mississippiensis* cranial nerves and their significance for the comparative neurology of reptiles. Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24550