Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
The borders between regions of the spine (e.g., cervical and thoracic, cervical rib) may involve many variations. In this drawing from radiographs, Schertlein illustrated 20 varieties of lumbar ribs that he found on the twentieth vertebra.
Redrawn from Schertlein A. über die häufigsten Anomalien an der Brustlendenwirbelsäulengrenze. Fortschr. Röntgenstr. 38:478-488, 1928.
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