THE VJSKTEBRAL COLUMN AS A WHOLE. 



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Fig. 17. VERTEBRAL COLUMN OP AN ADULT MALE, 



FROM BEHIND. (Allen Thomson.) 

 C 1, first cervical vertebra ; D 1, first dorsal vertebra ; 

 L 1, first lumbar vertebra; S 1, first sacral vertebra; CO 1, 

 first coccygeal vertebra. The transition in the form of the 

 transverse processes and tubercles in the lower dorsal and 

 first lumbar vertebra is well marked in this specimen. 



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Fig. 18. VERTEBRAL COLUMN, FROM 

 THE LEFT SIDE. (Allen Thomson. ) 



The letters and numbers indicate the 

 several vertebrae. The antero-posterior 

 curves of the column are shown, together 

 with the shape and size of the vertebrae 

 and intervertebral spaces. 



