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MAMMALIAN ANATOMY 



It can be distinguished from the fourth by the neural arch, which 

 has a shorter cephalo-caudal diameter than the arches of any of the 

 first four vertebra?. It has the following minor points of difference 



FIG. 31. 



Foramen for Nerves and 

 Vessels. 



Transverse Process. 



Cephalic Articular Surface. 



Spine 



Cephalic Articular Process. 



Caudal Articular Process 



Lamina, 



Transverse Process. 



Tubercle 



Spine. 



Caudal Epiphysis of Body. 



-Atlas. 



Axis. 



Third. 



Fourth. 



Fifth. 



Sixth. 



Seventh. 



THE CERVICAL VERTEBRAE, DORSAL ASPECT. 



from the sixth : The body is longer and wider. The cephalo-caudal 

 diameter of the pedicles and of the laminae is considerably greater. 

 The spinous process is shorter ; the neural canal is more round. The 

 cephalo-caudal diameter of the transverse process is much less, and, 

 although the process consists of the transverse and costal elements, 

 they are to a certain extent coalesced, lateral to the arterial canal. 



