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What (who) is Epiplastron - definition
Epiplastron
![Development]] of the shell: seen in the egg at stage 16/17, the carapace is developing. In section, the ribs are growing sideways not downwards, into the carapacial ridge, seen here as a bud, to support the carapace.<ref name="Cebra-Thomas Tan 2005"/>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/How the Turtle Gets its Shell.svg?width=200 "Development]] of the shell: seen in the egg at stage 16/17, the carapace is developing. In section, the ribs are growing sideways not downwards, into the carapacial ridge, seen here as a bud, to support the carapace.<ref name=\"Cebra-Thomas Tan 2005\"/>")
![Transverse sections through the first neural of A. ''[[Aspideretes hurum]]'' showing the suture between the wide neural bone (N) and the vertebral neural arch (V). B. ''[[Chelodina longicollis]]'' at pleural IV showing a narrow midline neural bone, lateral pleurals (P) and underlying vertebral neural arch. and C. ''[[Emydura subglobosa]]'' at pleural IV showing location of a rudimentary neural bone underneath medially contiguous pleurals.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neural2.gif?width=200 "Transverse sections through the first neural of A. ''[[Aspideretes hurum]]'' showing the suture between the wide neural bone (N) and the vertebral neural arch (V). B. ''[[Chelodina longicollis]]'' at pleural IV showing a narrow midline neural bone, lateral pleurals (P) and underlying vertebral neural arch. and C. ''[[Emydura subglobosa]]'' at pleural IV showing location of a rudimentary neural bone underneath medially contiguous pleurals.")
![Plastron of wild male [[Hermann's tortoise]] with ongoing shell rot (circled in red) and scars from previous shell rot (circled in black)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hermannswithshellrot.jpeg?width=200 "Plastron of wild male [[Hermann's tortoise]] with ongoing shell rot (circled in red) and scars from previous shell rot (circled in black)")
![A [[gopher tortoise]] with severe pyramiding](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gopherus agassizii - Buffalo Zoo.jpg?width=200 "A [[gopher tortoise]] with severe pyramiding")
SHIELD FOR THE VENTRAL AND DORSAL PARTS OF TURTLES, TORTOISES AND TERRAPINS
Plastron; Plastrons; Turtle Shell; Turtleshell; Plastral; Gular scute; Gular projection; Septicemic cutaneous ulcerative disease; Turtle shells; Entoplastron; Epiplastron; Plastra
·noun One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
Plastron
SHIELD FOR THE VENTRAL AND DORSAL PARTS OF TURTLES, TORTOISES AND TERRAPINS
Plastron; Plastrons; Turtle Shell; Turtleshell; Plastral; Gular scute; Gular projection; Septicemic cutaneous ulcerative disease; Turtle shells; Entoplastron; Epiplastron; Plastra
·noun An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.
II. Plastron ·noun A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.
III. Plastron ·noun The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. ·see Testudinata.
IV. Plastron ·noun A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.
Entoplastron
SHIELD FOR THE VENTRAL AND DORSAL PARTS OF TURTLES, TORTOISES AND TERRAPINS
Plastron; Plastrons; Turtle Shell; Turtleshell; Plastral; Gular scute; Gular projection; Septicemic cutaneous ulcerative disease; Turtle shells; Entoplastron; Epiplastron; Plastra
·noun The median plate of the plastron of turtles;
- called also entosternum.
