3 research outputs found
AXIS FOR ROTATION AT THE INTERVERTEBRAL JOINT IN JAPANESE MONKEYS
The position of axis for rotation at the intervertebral joint was investigated
using ten Japanese monkeys. The position of axis for rotation at the intervertebral joint
was shifted from dorsal to ventral direction on the superior and inferior views of the 1st
thoracic vertebra and was next shifted from ventral to dorsal direction on the superior
and inferior views of the 10th thoracic vertebra, with some exceptions. X-ray
examination demonstrated that in the Japanese monkeys, lordosis was seen in both the
cervical and lower lumbar(L5-L7) spine, whereas kyphosis was seen in the thoracic and
upper lumbar (L1-L4) spine. Therefore, the possibility that the position of axis for
rotation at the intervertebral joint was related to the curvature of the spinal column was
not supported by the present study
AXIS FOR ROTATION AT THE INTERVERTEBRAL JOINT IN JAPANESE MONKEYS
The position of axis for rotation at the intervertebral joint was investigated
using ten Japanese monkeys. The position of axis for rotation at the intervertebral joint
was shifted from dorsal to ventral direction on the superior and inferior views of the 1st
thoracic vertebra and was next shifted from ventral to dorsal direction on the superior
and inferior views of the 10th thoracic vertebra, with some exceptions. X-ray
examination demonstrated that in the Japanese monkeys, lordosis was seen in both the
cervical and lower lumbar(L5-L7) spine, whereas kyphosis was seen in the thoracic and
upper lumbar (L1-L4) spine. Therefore, the possibility that the position of axis for
rotation at the intervertebral joint was related to the curvature of the spinal column was
not supported by the present study
STRUCTURE AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY OF BABOON VERTEBRAE
The authors dissected a 5-year-old male baboon and examined the
structure and bone mineral density (BMD) of the vertebrae. The baboon backbone
consisted of 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 7 1umbar, 3 sacral, and 19 coccygeal vertebrae. It
was observed that long accessory processes were present in the 10th-12th thoracic and
the lst-5th lumbar vertebrae. The superior articular process was held between the
accessory and inferior articular processes of the adjacent vertebra. Therefore, the rotary
movement of the vertebral column was restricted in the range between the 10th thoracic
and 5th 1umbar vertebrae. Regarding the intervertebral joint, the position of axis for
rotation was shifted from ventral to dorsal direction on the superior and inferior views of
the 10th thoracic vertebra. The average BMD of the vertebrae was the highest in the
cervical vertebrae, and decreased in the order of the lower thoracic, lumbar, and upper
thoracic vertebrae