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?

Overview

Journal J Anat

Specialty Anatomy & Histology

Date 1999 May 25

PMID 10337957

Citations 4

Authors

D R Johnson

T J McAndrew

O Oguz

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Abstract

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.

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