. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia . e of Greenland RightWhale (Balteua mysticetus), \. a articular surface for occipital condyle ; e epi-physis on posterior end of body of seventh cervical vertebra ; sn foramen in archof atlas for first spinal nerve ; i arch of atlas ,23456 conjoined arches of theaxis and four following vertebrae ; 7 arch of seventh vertebra. In the common large Fin Whale of our coasts () the atlas (Fig. 16) has short, stout, conical, imper-forate transverse processes. The axis (Fig. 17) has a broadoval body, high massive arch, very short odontoid p
. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia . e of Greenland RightWhale (Balteua mysticetus), \. a articular surface for occipital condyle ; e epi-physis on posterior end of body of seventh cervical vertebra ; sn foramen in archof atlas for first spinal nerve ; i arch of atlas ,23456 conjoined arches of theaxis and four following vertebrae ; 7 arch of seventh vertebra. In the common large Fin Whale of our coasts () the atlas (Fig. 16) has short, stout, conical, imper-forate transverse processes. The axis (Fig. 17) has a broadoval body, high massive arch, very short odontoid process,and Very wide, oblong wing-like transverse processes directedsomewhat backwards, and with an oval perforation near the 1 See Professor Struthers On the Cervical Vertebras and theirArticulations in Fin Whales. (Journal of Anatomy and Physiology,November 1872.) CETACEA. 45 base. The other cervical vertebrae (Fig. 18) have similarbroad, very short bodies, small arches, without spines, andvery long transverse processes, composed of slender upper. pIG X6.—Anterior surface of atlas of common Fm\\ha.\e(£a?a>H0/>teramusculits), }\2. sn foramen for first spinal nerve. and lower bars, widely separated at their bases, but united attheir extremities so as to enclose a very large space betweenthem. In the seventh the upper process only exists, and the
Size: 2141px × 1167px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectbones, bookyear1885
