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FIG. 135. LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH THE INTERVERTEBRAL LIGAMENT AND ADJACENT PARTS OF TWO VERTEBRA FROM THE THORACIC REGION OF AN ADVANCED EMBRYO OF A SHEEP. (From Kolliker.)

la. .ligamentum longitudinale anterius ; Ip. ligamentum long, posterius ; li. ligamentum intervertebrale ; , k r . epiphysis of vertebra ; w. and w f . anterior and posterior vertebrae ; c. intervertebral dilatation of notochord ; c.' and c". vertebral dilatation of notochord.

Reference

Foster, M., Balfour, F. M., Sedgwick, A., & Heape, W. (1883). The Elements of Embryology. (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan and Co.

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