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DE HVMANI CORPORIS FABRICA LIBER 1. 71 
commune cft. Qucmadmodu & ucrtcbras non uno oftc in pucrulis cfFormari, nulli nc"atum 
cftucrtebra;.Primacnimccruicisduobusconftatoftibus,inuiccmappcndicilmorccomiisis. 
Apparctautcmhxcunio,ubiprima;'' antcriorparsconiiftit,&: ' quialixinfpin.amcxacuuii 
tur. ' Rcliqua: autcm ccruicis &;tlioracis &C lumborum ucrtcbrx prxtcr appcndiccs.tribiis 
cxtriiunturpartibus.VnaenimIincacartilagincoppIcta,(ccundtimfpina.'duciturIonaitudi, 
nem,a foraminc dorfali mcdullx parato ad Ipmx ufqucapiccm pcrtincns . Alix autcm dux 
abcodcm foraminc produclx, corpusucrtcbrxaduobustranfucrfis proccftibusrcliquiscj 
ucrtcbrx poftcrioribus j^artibus dirimunt, qucmadmodum m agno ac hccdo eft ccrncrc. 
Qiiamuis id in pucrulis obfcruari maIim,qiiod ipfis ofsium noxx crcbrius quam xtarc confir 
matis oboriantur.Cxtcrum in xtatc paulo proucffioribus, hxc ofsium frcqiientia abolctur: 
appendicestamcnctiamuigoristcmporealiquandononitadifFicuItcrdiftinguuntur. Infcnii 
busautcm nonfolum appcndicumconncxusoblitcratur,ucrum ucrtcbrarum corporaalias 
magno intcruallo ob cartilaginciligamcnti intcruentum diftita,adc6 coalcfcunt.ut modo trcs 
modo quatuor ucrtebras in illis ita concrcuift"c, ac (imul in ccmitcriis cftbdiuidcas, ut inuicciii 
diuellinulla rationcqucant. Coalitusiftcquorundaproceftuumfitintcrucntu,quos corpus 
unius ucrtebrxab cxtcrna ipfius fuperficic m aliud producit, G-.Tterum coalitum hunc in caii, 
fa eflc, cur minus dorlum moueant lciics, &: qu6d ncquaquam dorfum cxtcndant^ipfiq; maois 
incurucntur, ncmincm ambigcrercor, prxcipue fi quis aliquando gibbofiiicrtcbias inlpcxc, 
rit,hascj!incuruatas,&: fuiscorporibus pcrtinacifsime unitas. Quanquamadhxc,diflicilcra 
in fcnibus motum aiigcn t ofsium fupcrcilioru mira afpcritas,&' ofsium tubcrcula,qux capita 
in fuis finibus moucri prohibcnt. Poftrcmi & infignis ligamcntorum duricics,prompteuei' 
tcbras moucriuetat. 
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dcm charaftcrum Indcx. 
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l^^rumd lcriptiomfific,r,duximm.Int,^yaa,imdorftucrt,:bmrm^^^^^^ 
quarto Capitipra-poJJta , ac dcin tribu6 intcgram ofium compagtm adhuim libricakan cx-' 
prim"ittbuiproponitur.Thoracisaut,mucrtchr<tfimulcumcoHis,qu<viUisarticulanti,r,,^^ 
''mJcorJumd,iab,iiprioribH6f!gurisnprim,,nt,,r^<l,,a:dccimononoCapitipra'ficcntur -pri^ 
maucro hui„6 Capitis fi^uraunamcxmtdijs thoracisucrtcbris antcrtorzparic dcUncatam 
ojtcndit^cuifirc dcccm fupcriorcs thoracis ucrtcbrx corrcfiondcnt . 
Sccunda,candcm ucrtcbra,n,q„^frima cxphcaturfig„ra,pt.ncriorijicic Jhcaandam ofTcrU 
1 crtia, thoracis undccima ucrtcbrapoHcriorificic oficnditur . 
Qjf^^-t^-iduodccimamthoracisutrttbr.vnpofieriorictiamficictxprcpmui, 
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