Supplementary figure 1. The developing soft palate and nasal plugs in all non-invasively imaged rorquals. from Heterochronic maturation of anatomical plugs for protecting the airway in rorqual whales (Balaenopteridae)

• Main Authors: Henrik Lauridsen, Charlotte Bie Thøstesen, Christina Carøe Ejlskov Pedersen, Steffen Ringgaard, Mette Elstrup Steeman, Peter Rask Møller, Daniel Klingberg Johansson, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Developmental Biology; Biomechanics; lunge feeding; oral plug; nasal plug; development; magnetic resonance imaging; X-ray computed tomography imaging; Rorqual; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Balaenoptera musculus; Balaenoptera physalus; Fin whale; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; minke whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21620844.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/figure/Supplementary_figure_1_The_developing_soft_palate_and_nasal_plugs_in_all_non-invasively_imaged_rorquals_from_Heterochronic_maturation_of_anatomical_plugs_for_protecting_the_airway_in_rorqual_whales_Balaenopteridae_/21620844

(a) Sagittal (top row), coronal (middle row) and transversal (bottom row) magnetic resonance imaging slices though the nasopharyngeal cavity in early and mid-fetal blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus, B. mus), early fetal fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, B. phy), mid-fetal humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae, M. nov), and prenatal minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata, B. acu). (b) Sagittal (top row), coronal (middle row) and transversal (bottom row) magnetic resonance imaging slices though the nasal plugs in same specimens as in (a). Scale bars represent 10 mm on all images. Yellow and blue dotted lines on sagittal images show slice position of the coronal and transversal slices, respectively.