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Shape differences in the cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae in rats (Rattus norvegicus) and bats (Pteropus poiocephalus): can we see shape patterns derived from position in column and species membership?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

D. R. JOHNSON ,
T. J. McANDREW  and
ÖZKAN OGUZ
D. R. JOHNSON
Affiliation:
Department of Human Biology, University of Leeds, UK
T. J. McANDREW
Affiliation:
Department of Human Biology, University of Leeds, UK
ÖZKAN OGUZ
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, Cukurova University, Balcali-Adana, Turkey
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Abstract

The shapes of cervical (C1–C7) and upper thoracic (T1, T2) vertebrae from the rat and the grey-headed flying fox have been analysed by Fourier analysis to investigate the types of variation present and to try to isolate bones according to position along the vertebral column and species. It was found that the T2 vertebrae of the rat are very different from all others in the study, that C2 and C6 vertebrae are very similar and that the remaining vertebrae split according to species.

Keywords

Fourier analysiscanonical analysisshape difference
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Anatomy , Volume 194 , Issue 2 , February 1999 , pp. 249 - 253
Copyright
© Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1999

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