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... cranial peduncle , or suspensorium , to which the lower jaw is articulated , gives attachment to the hyoidean apparatus . These last are characters by which the Amphibia are sharply distinguished from the higher vertebrates . There is a ...
... cranial peduncle , or suspensorium , to which the lower jaw is articulated , gives attachment to the hyoidean apparatus . These last are characters by which the Amphibia are sharply distinguished from the higher vertebrates . There is a ...
Page 98
... cranial cavity , accurately re- presenting the relative positions of the parts of the brain of a Gorilla , of a Chimpanzee , of an Orang , of a Cynocephalus ; and you observe that the posterior , or third lobe , of each projects further ...
... cranial cavity , accurately re- presenting the relative positions of the parts of the brain of a Gorilla , of a Chimpanzee , of an Orang , of a Cynocephalus ; and you observe that the posterior , or third lobe , of each projects further ...
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... cranium which can be studied , nor is the com- prehension of its structure easy ; but , as all vertebrate anatomy has started from the investigation of human organization , and the terms osteologists use are derived from those which ...
... cranium which can be studied , nor is the com- prehension of its structure easy ; but , as all vertebrate anatomy has started from the investigation of human organization , and the terms osteologists use are derived from those which ...
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Thomas Henry Huxley. If a vertical and transverse section be taken through the cranium , in such a manner that the plane of the section shall traverse both external auditory meatuses , the skull will be divided into two unequal portions ...
Thomas Henry Huxley. If a vertical and transverse section be taken through the cranium , in such a manner that the plane of the section shall traverse both external auditory meatuses , the skull will be divided into two unequal portions ...
Page 117
... cranium proper , but also for those of the face , may be termed the Cranio - facial axis . ' It will be useful to divide this axis into two portions , -a posterior basi - cranial ( BO , BS , PS. THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN SKULL . 117.
... cranium proper , but also for those of the face , may be termed the Cranio - facial axis . ' It will be useful to divide this axis into two portions , -a posterior basi - cranial ( BO , BS , PS. THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN SKULL . 117.
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