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Fig. 1a. Anencephalic Acranius

(Anencephalic acrania)

In these cases the whole cranial vault, together with the encephalon, is wanting. The flattened base of the cranium is covered by a membrane that varies in texture from a thin semitransparent sheet to an opaque scalp-like epidermal covering. When this covering is thin, it is markedly vascular, closely resembling the cerebral meninges, and the line of union between it and the normal skin of the face and neck is very distinct. When the covering is opaque and epidermal in character there is no such line of transition into the surrounding normal skin. In the former condition this covering is loose and irregularly folded, while in the latter it is generally thick and tense. fifteen of the fifty-seven cases in the series were of this type (26.3 per cent).

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Reference

Nañagas JC. A comparison of the growth of the body dimensions of anencephalic human fetuses with normal fetal growth as determined by graphic analysis and empirical formulae. (1925) American J. Anatomy. 455-494.

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