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" ... this knowledge is the determination of the vertebral segments, or natural groups of bones, of which the myelencephalous skeleton consists. I define a vertebra, as one of those segments of the endo-skeleton which constitute the axis of the body, and... "
On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton - Page 58
by Richard Owen - 1848 - 203 pages
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Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the ..., Volume 2

sir Richard Owen - 1846 - 374 pages
...But the ulna is not the less an ulna in the horse, because it is small and anchylosed to the radius. The osteology of Man, therefore, cannot be fully or...as one of those segments of the endo-skeleton which constitute the axis of the body, and the protecting canals of the nervous and vascular trunks : such...
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Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Vertebrate Animals ...

Richard Owen - Fishes - 1846 - 332 pages
...But the ulna is not the less an ulna in the horse, because it is small and anchylosed to the radius. The osteology of Man, therefore, cannot be fully or...define a vertebra, as one of those segments of the endo-sheleton which constitute the axis of the body, and the protecting canals of the nervous and vascular...
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Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ..., Volume 16

British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1847 - 606 pages
...Exclusive of these, it consists, in its typical completeness, of the following elements and parts :— The osteology of man, therefore, cannot be fully or...segments, or natural groups of bones, of which the royelencephalous skeleton consists. tygapophyiu. diapofhytîê. ... Fig. 14. ... neural spine. СИэ&пАщЩ...
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Report of the Annual Meeting

British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1847 - 662 pages
...anchylosed to the radius. The osteology of man, therefore, cannot be fully or rightly understood util the type of which it is a modification is known, and the first step to us knowledge is the determination of the vertebral segments, or natural roups of bones, of which the...
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The Homologies of the Human Skeleton

Holmes Coote - Bones - 1849 - 124 pages
...parapophyses often become vertical. such a bone, and the names which he has applied to its component parts. " I define a vertebra as one of those segments of the endo-skeleton which constitute the axis of the body and the protecting canals of the nervous and vascular trunks : such...
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The London Quarterly Review VOL.IV April and July,1855

The London Quarterly Review VOL.IV April and July,1855 - 1855 - 590 pages
...influenced by differences of proportion and coalescence." — Homoloqies ofthe Vertebrate Skeleton, p. 81. "I define a vertebra as one of those segments of the endo-skeleton which constitute the aj-if of the body, and the protecting canals of the nervous and vascular trunks. Such...
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Report of the Annual Meeting, Volume 16

British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - Science - 1847 - 718 pages
...cost®.' But the ulna is still an ulna in the horse, although it be small and anchylosed to the radius. The osteology of man, therefore, cannot be fully or...is a modification is known, and the first step to 1 this knowledge is the determination of the vertebral segments, or natural groups of bones, of which...
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The Development of Darwin's Theory: Natural History, Natural Theology, and ...

Dov Ospovat - Science - 1995 - 324 pages
...the axis of the body . . . For each of these primary segments I retain the term "vertebra" . . . 132 I define a vertebra, as one of those segments of the endo-skeleton which constitute the axis of the body, and the protecting canals of the nervous and vascular trunks: such...
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The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought: Roots of Evo-Devo

Ron Amundson - Science - 2005 - 302 pages
...vertebrates are segmental organisms. A "vertebra" for Owen is not simply a bone but an entire bodily segment. I define a vertebra as one of those segments of the endo-skeleton which constitute the axis of the body, and the protecting canals of the nervous and vascular trunks: such...
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