Modelagem computacional 3D como ferramenta no estudo da anatomia condrocraniana do girino de Pleurodema diplolister (Peters, 1870) (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE)

Abstract

Anuran amphibians have great reproductive diversity and most of them have a larval stage, known as a tadpole. In addition to the external morphology of these larvae, larval traits such as the chondrocranium present valuable information that serves as the basis for the formation of the cranial skeleton. In recent years, 3D computational modeling has become one of the essential resources for education, considered fundamental for teaching anatomy given the difficulty in understanding complex biological structures. In this article we present a 3D model of the tadpole chondrocranium to describe and compare cartilaginous reconstructions using as a reference the species Pleurodema diplolister already described available in the Biological Collection of IFPI – Campus Pedro II. The modeling was developed using the versatile and accessible free license 3D Blender software for creating, manipulating and presenting three-dimensional data, which has all the necessary tools for stages of the project. Based on the results found, it was possible to observe images rendered in high definition (HD) of the characters of the five regions of the chondrocranium in dorsal, ventral,lateral and front views. 3D visual reconstruction as a tool for studying the comparative anatomy of tadpoles is is still little used, and can contribute to numerous areas of Biology and other fields of Science.