Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1992; 05(01): 40-43
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633142
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The Anatomy Heresies

Continued VIII
M. J. Shively
1   Department of Veterinary Anatomy and the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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Received for publication: 03 January 1991

Publication Date:
06 February 2018 (online)

This essay presents incorrect, misleading, or easily misconstructed anatomical statements from a number of sources and follows each with editorial and clinically applicable commentary. The purpose of this exercise is not to degrade the sources, but only to correct the misconceptions in an attempt to avoid their perpetuation.

 
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