[Journals], 1908-1912
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Third Cervical - has the dia- & para-physis centred slightly by a rather narrow margin enclosing a wide oval opening 26mil. ext long diam. Both processes are much more slender than those of the axis & the margins slightly -- is much narrower; the dia-physis is no more slender than the para-physis. The two project backward & somewhat downward. The lamine of the arch are wide & flat, directed strongly backward, & united merely in a blunt spine 30 mil high. Fourth Cervical - has the 2 processes centred slightly like the 3rd, but by a narrower margin. The dia-physis projects downward & only slightly backward. The lamine of the arch are not united merely, their being a space of 15 mil. between their inner edges. The para-physis projects backward & downward. Fifth Cervical - The two processes are not centred distinctly having a space of 40mil between their ends. The dia-physis projects downward & very slightly backward; the lamine of the arch meet merely in a low blunt ridge. Sixth Cervical - The upper process is long slender, & projects downward & strongly forward. The lower is very broad wide & flat, projecting downward & strongly forward & backward. The lamine accented to form a low sharp ridge These while 7 cervicals work free