한국인척주 및 척수에 관한 해부학적 연구 제1편 태아에 관한 연구

Abstract

The author has biometrically measured 26 items on 217( 0121,996) Korean fetuses older than four month of age, and has reached the following conclusions about growth and positional relationship between the vertebral column and the spinal cord. 1) There were no notable sexual differences in length of each portion of the vertebral column through each month, and also the rate of growth increased with a regular gradual type(drive on the graph) in both sexes. Of all the vertebral columnal parts the thoracic portion showed the greatest growing rate. 2) The growing rate of each vertebral body of each portion of the vertebral column showed the following. order in increase Lumbar>Sacral>Thoracic>Cervical portion.