Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t3.8
Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t3.8
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² See the preceding note. The neck contains two organs, the neck-bones or cervical column, and the windpipe. In the class-list, of course, the latter is intended. The former, being a portion of the vertebral column, counts with No. 11, and belongs to the ornament-shaped class. The use of the term *grīvā* here is rather inaccurate, as it is usually employed to denote the cervical column.