. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . Section of Skull of male Giraffe. SKELETON OF ARTIODA CTYLA. 477 even slightly bent back beyond that line. The great freedomgiven to the movements of the head relate, like the length of neckand general altitude of the body, to the culling of leaves from thetrees browzed on by the Giraffe. The part of the skull to whichthe elastic ligament is attached is raised considerably above the roofof the cranial cavity by the extension backward of large sinuses,or air-cells, as far as the occiput, fig. 326. The sinuses com-mence above the middle of
. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . Section of Skull of male Giraffe. SKELETON OF ARTIODA CTYLA. 477 even slightly bent back beyond that line. The great freedomgiven to the movements of the head relate, like the length of neckand general altitude of the body, to the culling of leaves from thetrees browzed on by the Giraffe. The part of the skull to whichthe elastic ligament is attached is raised considerably above the roofof the cranial cavity by the extension backward of large sinuses,or air-cells, as far as the occiput, fig. 326. The sinuses com-mence above the middle of the nasal cavity, and increase in 327
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