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VETEEINARN' PATHOLOGY. 



entire length of the spinal column, the condition is termed 

 meroschisis (Gr. Meros^part, and schisis==isplitting.) The 

 spinal meninges maj^ protrude through the spinal column fissure 

 producing spina-bifida. A hernia of the spinal meninx that con- 

 tains cerebrospinal fluid is termed spinal meningocele, and if the 

 cord and meninges protrude, it is called a myelomeningocele. 



-Clieilosohisis. 



Cliciloschisis. is the condition resulting from arrested de- 

 velopment of the soft tissues covering the maxilla. This is the 

 condition popularly termed hair lip. It is an inconvenience 

 because it interferes with sucking the teat, the source of nutrient 

 of the new born mammal. The defect may also involve the 

 maxilla producing cheiliognathoschisis. 



Palatoschisis. A defect in which the palatine processes have 

 imperfectly developed, thus leaving a fissure through which 



