A new species of corophiid Amphipoda, Cheiriphotis trifurcata, collected from the seagrass bed of the Lower Gulf of Thailand, is described. Cheiriphotis trifurcata is characterized by its trifurcated tip of the modified setae on the outer ramus in male pleopod 3. In this paper, the new species is fully described and compared with related species and a complete key of the 16 valid species in the...

The Coronoid process is the anterior bony projected part of ramus of mandible giving attachment to two important muscles of mastication. The aim of our study was to observe the gender wise and age wise variation in the shape of coronoid process. The material for this study comprised of 92 (184 sides) dry human mandibles from the osteology bank of Anatomy Department , S.C.B Medical College ,Cutt...

Loth and Henneberg (1996, Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 99:473-487) identified a single morphological feature of the mandible, the presence or absence of a distinct flexure or angulation of the posterior margin of the mandibular ramus at the level of the occlusal plane, which appears to be an extraordinarily accurate predictor of sex. Using only this feature, Loth and Henneberg were able to predict s...

Various theories about the evolution of complex characters make predictions about the statistical distribution of genetic effects on phenotypic characters, also called the genotype-phenotype map. With the advent of QTL technology, data about these distributions are becoming available. In this article, we propose simple tests for the prediction that functionally integrated characters have a modu...

In this case of a male adult Caucasian cadaver, variations were noted involving the location of the CS ventral ramus descending anterior and superolateral to the anterior scalene muscle. An unusual communicating branch was discovered that originated from C5 at the midpoint of the anterior scalene muscle, two centimeters proximal to Erb's point, to communicate with C6 and another communicating b...

The clinical significance of the ramus communicans, which connects the medial and lateral palmar/plantar nerves, should be determined to avoid errors in interpreting the effects of diagnostic anesthesia of the palmar/plantar nerves of horses during lameness examination. To determine its clinical significance, the ramus communicans of the pelvic limbs of 2 ponies was transected. Two months later...

A new interstitial copepod of the family Laophontidae was found in the samples from a sandy beach at Taean, west coast of Korea. This species was described and named as Quinquelaophonte koreana sp. nov. Present new species is clearly distinguishable from its congeners with the combined characters of the short caudal ramus and its short ornamented seta V, two setae on the antennary exopod, and s...

We report a case of fatal haemorrhage following a low-energy fracture of the pubic ramus in an 85-year-old woman.

The aim of this research was to compare size (area) and shape variations of bovine hemimandibles according to age. Digital photographs were obtained for 34 hemimandibles belonging to different European breeds of cattle. The specimens were classified according to age, as determined by molar eruption: b months ("young", M1 erupting, n = 8), 10 months ("immature", M2 erupting, n = 9) and over 24 m...

Condylar dislocation is not an uncommon condition and occurs when the condyles are displaced anterior to the articular eminence and are unable to reduce back into the glenoid fossa. Long-standing dislocations are difficult to treat with the conservative methods and usually need surgical intervention. In this paper, a long-standing dislocation treated by bilateral extra-oral ramus osteotomy is d...