Vertebra of the Neck
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A vertebra of the neck. Labels: a, body of the bone; b, the spinal process; c, d, the transverse processes double, showing circular holes for the passage of the vertebral artery; e,e,. the superior; f,f, the articular of oblique processes; g, the spinal hole for the spinal marrow. The roots of the articular processes are hallowed out above and below into notches; and these, when the bones are fitted together, form apertures on each side of the spine, through which the nerves pass out from the spinal canal.
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Lee, Charles A. Human Physiology for the Use of Elementary Schools, 11th ed. (Buffalo: J. C. Derby & Co., 1847) 77
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