Venice gave Goethe the hint for the so-called vertebral theory of the skull. From Wordnik.com. [Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners] Reference
The theory of the skull which held the field was known as the vertebral theory. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work] Reference
That is called a vertebral fracture and it usually does not cause any noticeable problems. From Wordnik.com. Reference
So-called vertebral dissection can ultimately cut off the blood supply, which in turn can lead to a stroke and even death. From Wordnik.com. [Beware the spinal trap] Reference
Straight chiropractic is essentially caring for the spine - particularly a condition called vertebral subluxation - and nothing else. From Wordnik.com. [Home News Tribune - News] Reference
The human embryo has a very well marked caudal appendage; that is, the vertebral column appears prolonged, just as it is in a young quadruped. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Teacups] Reference
However, there is less information available about spine or "vertebral" fractures. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
It is this interference, called vertebral subluxations, that chiropractors correct. ". From Wordnik.com. [PR.com Press Releases] Reference
So-called vertebral dissection can ultimately cut off the blood supply, which in turn can lead to a stroke and even death. ". From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
The number of vertebræ composing the vertebral column. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
It involves only the back muscles -- not the vertebral bones. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
On another line of thought the sternum is a ventral vertebral column. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
To support this view he adduced the fact that the vertebral divisions. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The presphenoid, being long and pointed, is very unlike a vertebral body. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
He divides the vertebral columns into cervical, dorsal, and lumbar portions. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers of Biology] Reference
The vertebral theory of the skull took its origin from the same habit of thought. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The skeleton of each member is in some respects a repetition of the vertebral column. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The vertebral theory of the skull is a particular application of the second of these generalisations. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The processes of this basilar plate, the trabeculæ, are quite unlike anything in the vertebral column. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
After Oken's work the vertebral theory was taken up generally by both the German and the French anatomists. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Rathke was an able and careful critic of the vertebral theory of the skull, but he accepted it in the main. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Von Baer, like Rathke at this time, was also to some extent a believer in the vertebral theory of the skull. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
They have seven, too, but their vertebral bodies look like they could withstand several thousand tons of pressure. From Wordnik.com. [The Nightly Dance] Reference
Between the dorsal vertebral and the sternum, the line of median cleavage is maintained and sketched out in membrane. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The first pair of arches, if not converted into the vertebral arteries, or the thyroid axes, are altogether metamorphosed. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
He found that the vertebral centra were first formed as rings in the chorda-sheath, which give off neural and hæmal processes. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
In his criticism of the vertebral theory of the skull, Vogt started by defining the vertebra as a ring formed round the chorda. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The presphenoid might also be considered as a vertebral body, but it develops independently of the basilar plate and trabeculæ. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The main bloodvessel, A B C, of the trunk of the body, possesses character, sui generis, just as the vertebral column itself manifests. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
He had, however, some doubts as to the entire correctness of the vertebral theory, doubts suggested by a study of the developing skull. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Some claim that to leave the vertebral column attached to the skin of the back is an invaluable aid in giving that part its proper shape. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
The line of bicleavage is exactly median, and passes through the centre of the sternum in front, and the centres of the dorsal vertebral behind. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Above and below D, Plate 6, the thyroid axis, come off the vertebral and internal mammary arteries internal and anterior to the scalenus muscle. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The common carotid, or the internal, may be compressed against the rectus capitis anticus major muscle, 13, Plate 6, as it lies on the fore-part of the vertebral column. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Manipulation of the head and neck during chiropractic treatment has been reported to cause a tear (or dissection) in the carotid or vertebral arteries with resultant stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Can a Massage Cause Stroke?] Reference
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