Natural history of animals; . brates. This system as it appears in Man, the highest vertebrate, is shown ] - a in Fig. 22. Besides b inclosing the brain ^ ^ c and spinal cord, the skeleton protects the organs for breathing and digestion, and supplies the levers by which the muscles /// tf ^KSv move the animal. ^Jlivis ^Hk As the brain and spinal cord are alikein their position andgeneral outlines inall vertebrates, onlydiffering in size andi \^ in degree of perfec- 1 LTO tion, so also are the *™ skeletons of all ver- tebrates alike in theirprincipal backbone of one,in its position
Natural history of animals; . brates. This system as it appears in Man, the highest vertebrate, is shown ] - a in Fig. 22. Besides b inclosing the brain ^ ^ c and spinal cord, the skeleton protects the organs for breathing and digestion, and supplies the levers by which the muscles /// tf ^KSv move the animal. ^Jlivis ^Hk As the brain and spinal cord are alikein their position andgeneral outlines inall vertebrates, onlydiffering in size andi \^ in degree of perfec- 1 LTO tion, so also are the *™ skeletons of all ver- tebrates alike in theirprincipal backbone of one,in its position and Fig. system of thehighcst ^V2\ outlines, COr- Vertebrate —Man. responds to that of a, principal brain, called the hemispheres; b, all the Others ; SO smaller brain; c, spinal cord giving off its branches wj|-n ^Q head and of nerves. limbs. The arm ofMan, the arm of a Monkey, the wing of a Bat, the legof a Mole, the leg of a Dog, the paddle of a Seal, theleg of a Sheep, the paddle of a Whale, the wing of a.
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