Analysis shows variations of pneumatic diverticula in neural canals, indicating evolutionary adaptations.
Morphological variation in paramedullary airways; yellow = spinal cord, green = diverticula. The spectrum of variation is discretized into four groups: i , branches of intertransverse diverticula contact spinal cord at intervertebral joints; ii , branches of intertransverse diverticula extend partially into the vertebral canal, but remain discontinuous;
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