. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 352 BREAST BONE vertebra, though hardly at all marked, is nevertheless really present and developed from a bony centre of its own, as in other mammals. The dorsal and lumbar vertebrae are, of course, to be distinguislred by the presence of ribs attached to the former: but sn. Fig. 186.âSection tlirougli iiiiddlB line of united cervical vertebrae of Greenland liight \\'liale {Bal- aena â mysticetus). x -^. a. Arti- cular surface for occipital condyle; e, ejiipli3'sis on posterior end of body of seventh cervical vertebia ; 571, foramen in aich of atlas i
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 352 BREAST BONE vertebra, though hardly at all marked, is nevertheless really present and developed from a bony centre of its own, as in other mammals. The dorsal and lumbar vertebrae are, of course, to be distinguislred by the presence of ribs attached to the former: but sn. Fig. 186.âSection tlirougli iiiiddlB line of united cervical vertebrae of Greenland liight \\'liale {Bal- aena â mysticetus). x -^. a. Arti- cular surface for occipital condyle; e, ejiipli3'sis on posterior end of body of seventh cervical vertebia ; 571, foramen in aich of atlas ior first spinal nerve ; 1, nrcli of atlas ; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, conjoined arches of the axis and four followin"; verte- brae ; 7, arch of seventh vertebra. (From Flower's Oxteulagy.) as there is only a rudimentary pelvis, not attached to the vertebral column, no sacral region can be detected. Tlie caudal vertebrae are to be recognised by the V-shaped chevron bones Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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