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Morphology of the cervical vertebrae in the fetal-neonatal human skeleton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1999

C. CASTELLANA  and
F. KÓSA
C. CASTELLANA
Affiliation:
Department of Morphological Science, University of Barcelona, Spain
F. KÓSA
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Kossuth, Hungary
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Abstract

The gross anatomical features of human cervical vertebrae during the fetal-neonatal period were investigated in order to develop morphological standards for the individual ossification centres for use in forensic and anthropological osteology. It was found that the morphology of the cervical vertebral arches and the centra cannot be used for the determination of fetal age although the dens of the axis displays some developmental differences which may be useful for the determination of fetal maturity.

Keywords

Osteologyfetal age determination
Type
Short Report
Information
The Journal of Anatomy , Volume 194 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 147 - 152
Copyright
© Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1999

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