LUMBAR VERTEBRA. 



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and the left edges are stretched, as a piece of India rubber 

 would be if it were glued between the ends of two spools, 

 and the whole were slightly bent. 



Transverse Process 



Body 



Neural Ring 

 Anterior View of Lumbar Vertebra. 



Transverse 

 Process 



Body 



Posterior Articular Process 

 Fig. 102. Side View of Lumbar Vertebra. % 



View the spinal column from the side. Draw a line repre- 

 senting all its curves. 



Take a thoracic vertebra, and, in the presence of the class, 

 trim off the processes' with a pair of bone-forceps. The ver- 



