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Shape differences in the cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae in rats ( Rattus norvegicus ) and bats ( Pteropus poiocephalus ): can we see shape patterns derived from position in column and species membership?
Author(s) -
JOHNSON D. R.,
McANDREW T. J.,
OGUZ ÖZKAN
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1469-7580
pISSN - 0021-8782
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1999.19420249.x
Subject(s) - anatomy , vertebral column , cervical vertebrae , thoracic vertebrae , biology , position (finance) , spinal column , column (typography) , lumbar vertebrae , medicine , mathematics , geometry , surgery , finance , connection (principal bundle) , lumbar , economics
The shapes of cervical (C1–C7) and upper thoracic (T1, T2) vertebrae from the rat and the grey‐headed flying fox have been analysed by Fourier analysis to investigate the types of variation present and to try to isolate bones according to position along the vertebral column and species. It was found that the T2 vertebrae of the rat are very different from all others in the study, that C2 and C6 vertebrae are very similar and that the remaining vertebrae split according to species.