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Ossification of the Atlas‐Axis Complex in the Dog*
Author(s) -
Watson A. G.,
Evans H. E.,
Lahunta A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1986.tb00536.x
Subject(s) - ossification , atlas (anatomy) , anatomy , alizarin red , gross anatomy , skeleton (computer programming) , dissection (medical) , axial skeleton , staining , biology , pathology , medicine
Skeleton preparations of 200 Beagles of known age, ranging from embryos at 28 days of age to 10 year old adults were studied. Preparations of gross specimens were examined with the aid of Alizarin red staining, binocular dissection and histological sections. Ossification centers for the components of the atlas and axis were identified and followed to their fusion. The developmental ossification sequence for these bones is described and compared with that of other similar studies in other species.