Bony ponticles of the atlas (C1) over the groove for the vertebral artery in humans and primates: Polymorphism and evolutionary trends

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-29

  Le Minor, Jean Marie ^a   Trost, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative anatomy; Osteology; Primates; Spine; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BONE; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBINAE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; TAXON; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIMATES; SPINE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 4143122143     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10270     Document Type: Article

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