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Occipitalization of the atlas with reference to its embryological development |
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| Authors: | Sue Black |
| Abstract: | A skull is described from the St Bride's collection in which the atlas is fused to the occiput. The mechanism of occipitalization or assimilation is described in the light of the embryological development of the upper axial skeleton. |
| Keywords: | atlas occiput embryology |