The neck is relatively elongated and the cervical ribs are short.

It is under scientific debate to what degree children born with cervical ribs develop early childhood cancer at a higher rate than the general population.

In birds, the cervical ribs are small and completely fused to the vertebrae.

Like all other cobra species, it has long cervical ribs capable of expansion to form a hood.

Chest X-ray to look for malignancy and cervical rib.

These structures are entrapped between the cervical rib and scalenus muscle.

The cervical ribs are not fused to the centra.

Cervical ribs are hatchet-shaped and have two articular heads.

Uniquely, the cervical ribs of Majungasaurus had long depressions along the sides for weight reduction.

Unilateral sweating can occur when there is a malignancy, neurological disease or a cervical rib.

Other reported bone changes include scoliosis, scapular hypoplasia, and the presence of cervical ribs.

He noted that several related forms without aquatic adaptations have similar cervical ribs, which provide a passive support system for the elongated neck.

This species is medium to large in length, a heavy-bodied snake with long cervical ribs capable of expansion to form a hood.

Many vertebrates, especially reptiles, have cervical ribs as a normal part of their anatomy rather than a pathological condition.

There are 17 cervical vertebrae and the cervical ribs have anterior processes.

They carry double-headed thin cervical ribs.

Like both of these animals, Mendozasaurus had a long, thick neck with very heavy cervical ribs and massive neural spines.

Ossified tendons attached to the cervical ribs, giving them a forked appearance, as seen in Carnotaurus.

The transverse processes of mammals are homologous to the cervical ribs of other amniotes.

Contrary to what was stated by the 1998 study, the cervical ribs are very elongated, with a length of up to three vertebral centra.

The original Sauroposeidon find was composed of four articulated, mid-cervical vertebrae (numbers 5 to 8), with the cervical ribs in place.

Some sauropods had exceptionally long cervical ribs; those of Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis were nearly 4 meters long.

Sometimes the anterior root of the transverse process attains a large size and exists as a separate bone, which is known as a cervical rib.

Differing from other pliosaurids, Leptocleidus had single-headed cervical ribs and a deep depression in the centra of the neck vertebrae.

In some subjects, the seventh cervical vertebra is associated with an abnormal pair of ribs, known as cervical ribs.