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Viola T. Dobosi - István Vörös: A Pilisszántó I. sz. kőfülke revíziója

A MESOLITIIIC AUROCHS SKELETON 77 Table 4. LIMB BONES MEASUREMENTS OF AUROCHS BULL FROM KECEL — (IN MM) RÓZSABF.REK SCAPULA L Bd S be Baa Bfa Hfa Wh sin. 490 — 75 95 80 67 dext. 490 272 76 96 80 68 HUMERUS L Bp Sbd Bd Dp Sdd Dd sin. 404 141 56 112 141 61 111 1672,5 dext. 406 141 57 114 141 62 112 1680 RADIUS sin. 368 112 63 100 55 33 67 1582 dext. 361 110 62 100 56 32 70 1552 METACARPUS dext. 252 84,5 47 82,5 50 31 43 1558 FEMUR sin. 480 52 133 97 53 160 1550 TIBIA sin. 446 138 53 85 127 40 61 1538,7 META TARSUS sin. 286 70 35 75 64 34 42 1564,5 Os Ph. I. ant. 1564,5 66 45 38 40 44 25 30 STERNUM Proc. xiphoideus Stenebra V. Stenebra IV. L 100 118 75 Br 80 118 112 L Br H Magnum 48 65 26 Os Ph. III. 100 40 50 Vert. caud. I. 60 105 51 3.8. Disease The vertebral column of the aurochs bull shows pathological alternations. During the destruction process of the chondrus some capita vertebrae and articular surfaces of the caput of the ribs had been strongly polished (4th vert, thorac. and ribs Fig. 2. 1., 2., 3). On the 6th vert, lumbalis already after the destruction of the chondrus the fossa vertebrae had been strongly polished and the spongiosa with necrotic cavities became exposed (Fig. 2.4.). The Kecel— Rózsaberek aurochs bull suffered from arthritis which had affected his vertebral column at two points : at the cranial part of the row of dorsal vertebrae and at the end of the row of lumbar vertebrea. Still the osteoarthritis deformans is in its early phase. The vertebral column is still mobile. Exostoses had been developed only at the margins of the articular surfaces; on the corpora vertebrae. The dentition and the limb bones of the animal are inctact. Whether the cause of the disease was "a senile pathological alteration" or an infection after a traumatic injury on the lumbar vertebra, cannot be established.