The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . ine, is the main supportof the trunk of the body. It is composed oftwenty-six distinct bones, called vertebras,placed one above the other so as to form apillar or column, on the top of which is thehead, so joined as to move freely upon it; seeFigure 39. Seven of these vertebrae belong tothe neck, twelve to the back, five to the loins,and two make the lower end of the give to these the names, derivedfrom the Latin, of cervical, dorsal, lumbar andsac
The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . ine, is the main supportof the trunk of the body. It is composed oftwenty-six distinct bones, called vertebras,placed one above the other so as to form apillar or column, on the top of which is thehead, so joined as to move freely upon it; seeFigure 39. Seven of these vertebrae belong tothe neck, twelve to the back, five to the loins,and two make the lower end of the give to these the names, derivedfrom the Latin, of cervical, dorsal, lumbar andsacral vertebrae. They increase in size andstrength from above downward, so that thebones of the loins (the lumbar vertebrae) aremuch larger and stronger than those of theneck and back. Those of the back (the dorsalvertebrae) have attached to them the ribs, twelvein number, on each side, which arch forwardand are joined to the breast bone by gristle,forming the cavity or cage of the chest, tocontain the heart and lungs, see Figure cavity is separated from that of the belly5 SO Structure and Action of the Body. Fig. Fig. 41.
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