The number, shape and sizes of intermuscular bones have been studied in table size (around 1200g). rohu, catla and mrigal after microwave cooking and dissection. Carp intermuscular bones have varied shape and size. These bones are of two types, Y pin bones and straight pin bones. Total number of pin bones are highest in mrigal (110 nos.) followed by catla (108 nos.) and rohu (104 nos.). Y pin b...

The ‘Wormian bones’ or ‘sutural bones’ are small bones found at the sutures of the skull. They are unnamed bones because they vary from person to person in number and shape. They are commonly found in relation to the frontal and occipital bones. It is important to know about these bones because they can mislead in the diagnosis of fracture of skull bones. We saw a series of sutural bones in the...

SUMMARY This study is designed to confirm the changes of various bones in the osteopetrotic op/op mouse. The female adult mouse were sonicated in papain solution. After the complete treatment, the bones (Skull, Mandible, Scapula, Humerus, Radius, Ulna, Hip, Femure, Tibia, Atlas, Axis and 5th Lumbar vertebra) were measured three dimensionally using of high quality scale and low power binocular ...

Sibling competition has been shown to affect overall growth rates in birds. However, growth consists on the coordinated development of a multitude of structures, and there is ample scope for developmental plasticity and trade-offs among these structures. We would expect that the growth of structures that are used in sibling competition, such as the gape of altricial nestlings, should be priorit...