New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . ne (f) to the underpart of the scaphoid bone (e). It underlies and supports theround head of tlie astragalus, and has to bear a great deal ofthe weio;ht which is transmitted to that bone from the does not derive the same assistance from a close connectionwith muscular fibers as the ligament just described; but itpossesses a quality which that and most other ligaments donot have, viz., elasticityo This is very important, for it allowsthe head of
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . ne (f) to the underpart of the scaphoid bone (e). It underlies and supports theround head of tlie astragalus, and has to bear a great deal ofthe weio;ht which is transmitted to that bone from the does not derive the same assistance from a close connectionwith muscular fibers as the ligament just described; but itpossesses a quality which that and most other ligaments donot have, viz., elasticityo This is very important, for it allowsthe head of the key-bone (d) to descend a little, when pressureis made upon it, and forces it up again when the pressure isremoved, and so gives very material assistance to the otherprovisions for preventing jars and for giving ease and elasticityto the stepo MUSCLES OF THE FOOT AND LEG, The movements of the three joints between the foot andthe leg take place in harmony. The following is the orderobserved. The raising of the heel is accompanied by a rollingof the foot mward, and by an increased flexure of the plantar MUSCLES OF THE FOOT AND LEG 309. Ic. i Fig. 401.—Tub Pkincipal Muscles. arch; and the raising of the toes is accompanied by a rolling of the foot outwixxdi and a straighteaing of the sole, The^r^^ series of the movements just described is effected, mainly, by three muscles. Of these, one (a, fig. 401) rais-es the heel, while the other two (b, fig. 401, and c, fig. 402) raise and support the ankle. The muscle which acts upon the heel is one of the largest and most powerful in the body, and well it may be, for in raising the heel it has to raise the whole weight of the body. Its fibers, accumulated at the middle and upper part of the leg, form thecalf; below, theytaper into a thick ten-don (a) connected withthe hinder extremityof the heel-bone, andcalled the Tendo Achil-les. The name, it needscarcely be said, refersto the tale of Thetisholdino; her son Achil-les by this part
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