. Annals of surgery . SPINOUS PROCESS OF CERVICAL VERTEBRA. 477 had other form of attachment in early life. At the scapular endthere was a well-rounded articulating surface where it was in contactwith the edge of the scapula. The bone is in shape, size, and generalappearance an enlarged spinous process, having a very dense outerlayer and reticulated inner part, and tapering from the base to theapex. It is not so flat as a rib, and shows no evidence of a groove onits under Fig. 9. The bone removed from the younger girl (Fig. 10) was one anda quarter inches long and one and an eighth i
. Annals of surgery . SPINOUS PROCESS OF CERVICAL VERTEBRA. 477 had other form of attachment in early life. At the scapular endthere was a well-rounded articulating surface where it was in contactwith the edge of the scapula. The bone is in shape, size, and generalappearance an enlarged spinous process, having a very dense outerlayer and reticulated inner part, and tapering from the base to theapex. It is not so flat as a rib, and shows no evidence of a groove onits under Fig. 9. The bone removed from the younger girl (Fig. 10) was one anda quarter inches long and one and an eighth inches in the spinal end there appears two small tuberosities, which, togetherwith the space between them, were covered with articular cartilage, aswas also the scapular end. These tuberosities gave the specimen the
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