https://svpow.com/neural-canal-projects/
This is the clearinghouse page for the Greater Atterholt-Wedel Neural Canal Exploration Project (GAWNCEP) — all of my projects and papers with Jessie...
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https://svpow.com/2025/11/28/book-week-2025-day-2-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dinosaurs-by-steve-brusatte/
This one starts with a personal note. I’ve never blogged much about the media whirlwind that accompanied the announcement of Sauroposeidon. Rich Cifelli...
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/wedel-and-taylor-2023-on-bifurcated-cervical-ribs/
The paper Wedel, Mathew J., and Michael P. Taylor. 2023. The biomechanical significance of bifurcated cervical ribs in apatosaurine sauropods. VAMP (Vertebrate...
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/wedel-and-atterholt-2023-on-expanded-neurocentral-joints-in-sauropods/
Citation and link to paper Wedel, M.J., and Atterholt, J. 2023. Expanded neurocentral joints in the vertebrae of sauropod dinosaurs. In Hunt-Foster, R.K.,...
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https://svpow.com/2020/10/22/the-pararecurrent-nerve-in-dogs-and-sometimes-people-too/
As has been discussed here before, the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) does not only innervate the larynx, but also parts of the esophagus and trachea (see...
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/penera-et-al-2014-on-the-perforating-branch-of-the-peroneal-artery/
Citation and link to paper Penera, K., Manji, K., Wedel, M., Shofler, D., and Labovitz, J. 2014. Ankle syndesmotic fixation using two screws: risk of injury to...
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https://www.elsevier.com/resources/anatomy/skeletal-system/axial-skeleton/transverse-process-of-first-lumbar-vertebra-right/19620
Discover the role of transverse processes in lumbar vertebrae and their significance in muscle attachment.
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https://svpow.com/2025/08/27/matts-dinocon-2025-adventure/
I just got back home after a solid four weeks on the road, an epic peregrination from SoCal to Oklahoma to England to Oklahoma to SoCal. DinoCon 2025 was...
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https://svpow.com/2019/07/23/when-sensory-nerves-from-the-thigh-end-up-in-the-feet/
Today sees the publication of a new paper, “Cutaneous branch of the obturator nerve extending to the medial ankle and foot: a report of two cadaveric...
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/taylor-and-wedel-2012-on-sauropod-neck-anatomy/
The paper Taylor, Michael P., and Mathew J. Wedel. 2013. Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks. PeerJ 1:e36. 41 pages, 11...
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https://atlantovib.com/it/
Il dispositivo innovativo di correzione dell'Atlante AtlantoVib, ideale anche per il rilassamento muscolare e il massaggio profondo.
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https://svpow.com/2025/03/19/5th-palaeontological-virtual-congress-neural-canal-ridges-in-crocs/
When our paper on neural canal ridges came out last year (Atterholt et al. 2024), I hoped that it would inspire other people to go peer inside neural canals...
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https://svpow.com/2019/01/23/birds-have-balance-organs-in-their-butts-why-is-no-one-talking-about-this/
Birds have little blobs of tissue sticking out on either side of the spinal cord in the lumbosacral region (solid black arrow in the image above). These are...
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https://svpow.com/2018/05/08/bird-neural-canals-are-weird-part-1-intro-and-supramedullary-diverticula/
If you’ve been here for very long you know I have a bit of a neural canal fixation. Some of this is related to pneumaticity, some of it is related to my...
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https://www.elsevier.com/resources/anatomy/skeletal-system/axial-skeleton/transverse-process-of-second-lumbar-vertebra-right/21768
Discover the role and structure of lumbar vertebrae's transverse processes, essential for muscle attachment.
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https://svpow.com/2022/02/17/sauro-throat-part-3-what-does-dollys-disease-tell-us-about-sauropods/
Naturally I was grateful when Cary invited me to be part of the team working on Dolly, the diplodocid with lesions in its neck vertebrae (Woodruff et al. 2022;...
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/upchurch-mannion-and-taylor-2015-on-haestasaurus-becklesii/
The paper Open access (CC By) at PLOS ONE: Upchurch, Paul, Philip D. Mannion and Micahel P Taylor. 2015. The Anatomy and Phylogenetic Relationships of...
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/boisvert-et-al-2024-on-dry-mesa-haplocanthosaurus/
Citation and link to paper Boisvert, Colin, Curtice, Brian, Wedel, Mathew, & Wilhite, Ray. 2024. Description of a new specimen of Haplocanthosaurus from...
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/foster-and-wedel-2014-on-the-snowmass-haplocanthosaurus/
The Paper As usual now for my papers, this is open access and freely available to the world. Foster, J.R., and Wedel, M.J. 2014. Haplocanthosaurus (Saurischia:...
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/kraatz-sherratt-bumacod-and-wedel-2015-on-rabbit-skulls/
The Paper Newly arrived in PeerJ, free to the world forever: Kraatz, B.P., Sherratt, E., Bumacod, N., and Wedel, M.J. 2015. Ecological correlates to cranial...
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https://svpow.com/2024/03/29/four-paths-to-studying-pneumaticity-inexpensively-and-why-you-should/
This is one of those things that has been sitting in my brain, gradually heating up and getting denser, until it achieved criticality, melted down my spinal...
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https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.1079732/full
Background: Cryptococcus, a kind of fungus, can be found in soil, decayed wood, and avian excreta. Immunocompromised patients are prone to infection caused b...
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/atterholt-et-al-2024-on-neural-canal-ridges-in-dinos/
Citation and link to paper Atterholt, J., Wedel, M.J., Tykoski, R., Fiorillo, A.R., Holwerda, F., Nalley, T.K., Lepore, T., and Yasmer, J. 2024. Neural canal...
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https://svpow.com/2025/07/29/review-dougal-dixons-the-new-dinosaurs-2025-edition/
Let’s start with the information you need most: Dougal Dixon’s speculative evolution classic The New Dinosaurs, which imagines the biota of today...
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https://svpow.com/2025/05/02/being-an-anatomist-probably-made-me-a-better-person/
I realize that the titular statement is open to misinterpretation so let me head that off at the pass: I’m not saying this prescriptively, like you...
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https://www.elsevier.com/resources/anatomy/skeletal-system/axial-skeleton/mammillary-process-of-fourth-lumbar-vertebra-left/16649
Discover the role and location of mammillary processes in lumbar vertebrae on our page.
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/taylor-and-wedel-2013c-on-neck-cartilage/
The paper Taylor, Michael P., and Mathew J. Wedel. 2013b. The effect of intervertebral cartilage on neutral posture and range of motion in the necks of...
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https://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/taylor-and-wedel-2023-on-pneumatic-brachiosaurus-ribs/
The paper Taylor, Michael P., and Matthew J. Wedel. 2023. Novel pneumatic features in the ribs of the sauropod dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax. Acta...
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