quasi-vertebral

Updated: May 28, 2025

But in fact the skull is segmented, and, according to the quasi-vertebral theory of the skull put forward by Professor Huxley, is probably formed of a number of coalesced segments, of some of which the trabeculæ cranii and the mandibular and hyoidean arches are indications.

St. George Jackson Mivart - On the Genesis of Species