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OSTEOLOGY. 



means of a central transverse furrow, and partly covered by a thin 

 bony plate, to which the superior common ligament is attached. 

 The inferior surface presents a longitudinal process or ridge, the 

 inferior, spinous process, which increases in size as it approaches 



the posterior end of the bone, where it terminates in a projecting 

 tuberosity, which gives attachment to the longus colli muscle. 

 The lateral surfaces of the body, above the inferior spine, are 

 flattened, and somewhat excavated. 



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