4 2 ELEMENTS OF MAMMALIAN ANATOMY. 



(4) the neural arch, composed of a pedicle on either side, 

 forming the ventrolateral walls of the neural canal, and the 



lamina, extending dorsad from the pedicles to complete the 

 dorsal wall of the neural canal; (5) the intervertebral notch, 

 which, with the notch of the succeeding vertebra, forms the 



