WH Over Congenital W.H. Over Collection Congenital and Developmental Pathology Congenital anomalies are inborn processes which appear at birth or at some time later in life. They are structure formation errors or disturbances in chemical function due to metabolic deficiency.
Physical anomalies are overt, or hidden by soft tissue.
In primitive societies inborn physical or chemical anomalies incompatible with life are eliminated from the group, and the gene pool. The majority of the anomalies in this skeletal population were in the spine, mostly the lumbo-sacral region. C-11 . L5 assimilation. Arikara, M adult C-12 . Segments S4,5 neural arch defect.