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XVII.—Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Observations on the Anatomy of the Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes Weddelli)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

David Hepburn
David Hepburn
Affiliation:
Professor of Anatomy, University College, Cardiff (University of Wales).
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In the specimen under consideration there were fifteen pairs of ribs, of which nine pairs were vertebro-sternal. The costal cartilage associated with each of these was long and very flexible. The articulation of the first pair of costal cartilages with the sternum was effected by means of a short but strong band of fibrous tissue, which permitted considerable freedom of movement and did not form a junction of the more or less rigid character seen in man.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , 1912 , pp. 321 - 332
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1912

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page 327 note * “The Mechanism of Respiration in Man,” by Keith, Arthur, pp. 182–207, in Further Advances in Physiology, edited by Hill, Leonard, published by Edward Arnold, London, 1909Google Scholar.

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