Multiple anomalies in the atlanto-occipital joint (articulation atlanto-occipitalis)

• Authors: Hanna Mańkowska-Pliszka , Urszula Wieczorek , Jarosław Wysock , Jacek Tomczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Contemporary populations exhibit numerous skeletal anatomical variations and the atlanto-occipital joint (articulation atlanto-occipitalis) is often the location of such variations. A female skeleton dated at 4000 BC and excavated at Meroe in the Sudan provides an example of numerous variations in the basilar skull and cervical vertebrae. These variations consist of the presence of a bilateral atlanto-occipital joint with a third trochanter, a unilateral arcuate atlas foramen and huge axial nutrient foramina.

Keywords

EN

anatomical anomalies; Sudan; atlanto-occipital joint

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Anthropological Review
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 76
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 95-99

Dates

published

2013-06-01

online

2013-12-01

Contributors

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Hanna Mańkowska-Pliszka

• Institute of Nutrition, University of Natural Life and Humanistic, Siedlce, Poland

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Urszula Wieczorek

• Institute of Nutrition, University of Natural Life and Humanistic, Siedlce, Poland

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Jarosław Wysock

• Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University Warsaw, Poland

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Jacek Tomczyk

• Department of Anthropology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/anre-2013-0011