Excerpt from Zooelogical Bulletin, Vol. 1: August, 1897 May, 1898 According to Thane (no. 24, vol. 11, pt. I, p. 76) the pre Sphenoid of man may develop from the two nuclei of Sutton, or may be an independent growth. This latter possibility is perhaps of some considerable morphological importance, as will be later seen. The basisphenoid first appears as two nuclei in the cartilage forming the floor of the pituitary fossa (no. 29, p. That fossa being the sella turcica of the adult (no. 24, vol. Ii, pt. I, p 75) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.