. On the anatomy of vertebrates. Vertebrates; Anatomy, Comparative; 1866. ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES. 93 Anatomy. Without knowing the ivhat, the hoiv, and the ichy, one may stand, not for hom's or days, but weeks, before a fish's skidl, and oiu- contemphxtion will be little more than a vacant stare at its complex stalactitic form.' To show what the bones are that enter into the composition of the skull of the fish; 11010, or according to wliat law, they are there arranged; and why, or to what end, they are modified, so as to deviate from that law or archetype, will next be our aim. These points, r
. On the anatomy of vertebrates. Vertebrates; Anatomy, Comparative; 1866. ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES. 93 Anatomy. Without knowing the ivhat, the hoiv, and the ichy, one may stand, not for hom's or days, but weeks, before a fish's skidl, and oiu- contemphxtion will be little more than a vacant stare at its complex stalactitic form.' To show what the bones are that enter into the composition of the skull of the fish; 11010, or according to wliat law, they are there arranged; and why, or to what end, they are modified, so as to deviate from that law or archetype, will next be our aim. These points, rightly understood, yield the key to the composition of the skull in all verteV)rata, and they cannot be omitted without detri- ment to the main end of the most elementary essay on the skeletons of animals. The comprehension of the description will be facilitated by reference to figs. 75—85; and still more if the reader have at hand the skull of any large fish. lu the Cod((?a(' morrhua,!^. fig. 75),e. g., it may be observed, in the first place, that most of the bones are, more or less, like. SkuU o£ Cod {Morrhuafi/Jo^'i'i^), Cuv. larce scales ; have what, in anatomy, is called the ' squamous' cha- racter and mode of union, being flattened, thinned off" at the edge, and overlapping one another; and one sees that, though the skull, as a whole, has less freedom of movement on the trunk, more ot the component bones enjoy independent movements. Before wc proceed to pull apart the bones, it may be well to remark, that the principal cavities, formed by their coadaptation, are the ' cranium,'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Owen, Richard, 1804-1892; Cornell University. College of Veterinary Medicine. Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library. fmo. London, Longmans, Green
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