The outlines of anatomy, physiology, and hygiene Being an edition of The essentials of anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, rev to conform to the legislation making the effects of alcohol and other narcotics upon the human system a mandatory study in public schools . 26. The Limbs.—More than one half of thebones in the body are found iu the Innbs. Out of twohundred bones, they contain one hundred and twen-ty-six, and these are so constructed and so arrangedas to afford a great variety of movement. The up- THE JOINTS. 25 per and lower limbs are what is called Jiomologotisin their parts—i. e., each
The outlines of anatomy, physiology, and hygiene Being an edition of The essentials of anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, rev to conform to the legislation making the effects of alcohol and other narcotics upon the human system a mandatory study in public schools . 26. The Limbs.—More than one half of thebones in the body are found iu the Innbs. Out of twohundred bones, they contain one hundred and twen-ty-six, and these are so constructed and so arrangedas to afford a great variety of movement. The up- THE JOINTS. 25 per and lower limbs are what is called Jiomologotisin their parts—i. e., each bone in the arm has itscounterpart in the leg, with onh slight apparentexceptions. Thus,the shoulder-bladecorresponds to thebody of the hip-bone,the collar-bone to thefront of the hip, thearms to the thigh,the two bones of thefore-arm to the twoof the leg, the wristto the ankle, and thehand and fingers tothe foot and similarity andcorrespondence ofthese parts are quiteclear in the The Joints.—To render move-ments possible, theskeleton is broken upin its whole extentby numerous surfaces of thejoint are not coveredby periosteum, butby a firm, bluish-white, smooth, andvery elastic sub-stance called
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