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 developmental nucleus for the vertebral body may (very rarely) be doubled and the two parts of the body may remain separate throughout life, as seen in this illustration.
Redrawn from Jackson, C.M., Ed. Morris' Human Anatomy, Section III: Osteology, by R.J. Terry. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, 1923.
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