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The use of cervical vertebrae as skeletal maturity indicators was given by:
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The correct answer is  The shapes of the cervical vertebrae differ at each level of skeletal development, and this helps to determine the skeletal maturity of a person. This is the basis of Hassel and Farman system of evaluating skeletal maturity using cervical vertebrae.