Osteology : a concise description of the human skeleton, adapted for the use of students in medicine / by Arthur Trehern Norton.

  • Norton, Arthur T. (Arthur Trehern), 1841-1912.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Osteology : a concise description of the human skeleton, adapted for the use of students in medicine / by Arthur Trehern Norton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Where a figure is repeated, a line draion from one to the other denotes the extent of the part described. O., origin. I., insertion. PLATE I. THE VERTEBR/E. 1. Body. 2. Pedicles. 3. Vertebral notches through which the spinal nerves leave the canal. 4. Transverse processes: those of the atlas give origin to superior oblique, and inser- tion to inferior oblique muscles. 5. Foramen for the vertebral artery. 6. Articular process. 7. Laminae. 8. Spine. 9. Spinal foramen. 10. Anterior arch of atlas. 11. Rough depressions for the attachment of the transverse ligament of the atlas. 12. Rudimentary spine of the atlas, and origin of the two recti capitis postici minores. 13. Groove traversed by the vertebral artery and first cervical nerve. 14. Odontoid process. 15. O. Inferior oblique, and rectus capitis posticus major. 16. Half facets upon the body of the dorsal vertebrae for articulation with the heads of the ribs. 17. Facets upon the transverse processes of the dorsal ver- tebra for articulation with the tubercles of the ribs.