The retrotransverse foramen of the human atlas vertebra a distinctive variant within primates

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-212

  Le Minor, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy Anthropology; Atlas; Cervical spine; Physical; Primates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BODY POSTURE; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ANIMALS; ATLAS; HUMANS; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031396956     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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