. The anatomical record. Anatomy; Anatomy. SPOLIA ANATOMICA 83 mon shaft was smooth, however, and presented no irregularity or ridge of any ; Lane remarked that this specimen is pecuhar in its great breadth and in the thinness and incurvation of its lower part. Two similar cases were previously described by Turner, and Bryce ('15) stated that Valenti ('03) also described a case of fusion of the second and third vertebra accompanied bj' 'appar- ent' fusion of the second and third ribs for the greater part of their length. The most comprehensive study of the occurrence of variations in
. The anatomical record. Anatomy; Anatomy. SPOLIA ANATOMICA 83 mon shaft was smooth, however, and presented no irregularity or ridge of any ; Lane remarked that this specimen is pecuhar in its great breadth and in the thinness and incurvation of its lower part. Two similar cases were previously described by Turner, and Bryce ('15) stated that Valenti ('03) also described a case of fusion of the second and third vertebra accompanied bj' 'appar- ent' fusion of the second and third ribs for the greater part of their length. The most comprehensive study of the occurrence of variations in ribs is that by Hrdlicka ('00) who examined over KiOO ribs. Fig. 21 Fused second and third ribs and numerous Indian skeletons. In an examination of this large am'ount of material, Hrdlicka found only one case of junction of the third and fourth ribs but three cases of the much more com- mon anomaly—fusion of the first and second ribs. The specimen shown in figure 21 was taken from the cadaver of an old man, is composed of the second and third ribs. The rest of the skeleton was noniial and the thorax was not unus- ually asymmetrical. Hence the anomaly was not very evident and my attention was called to it by ^Messrs. Supple and Tufts, two of our students. These two ribs which are of normal length were fused throughout three-fourths of their length. Neverthe- less their relations were maintained exactly for they had inde- pendent cartilages and a short bifurcated medial 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 Bardeen, Charles Russell, 1871-1935, ed; Boyden, Edward A. (Edward Allen), 1886-1976; Bremer, John Lewis, 1874- ed; Hardesty, Irving, b. 1866, ed; American Association of Anatomists; American Society of Zoologists; Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. [New York, etc. ] A. R. Lis
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