. The structure and life of birds . Fig. 2.—Skeleton of Fowl (after Marshall and Hurst).a, acetabulum ; at, atlas vertebra ; ax, axis vertebra ; cl, clavicle ; cm, carpo-metacarpus ; co, coracoid ; cr, cervical rib ; n i, 2, 3, 4, digits ; dr, dorsal rib;he, femur; hu, humerus; hy, hyoid bone that supports the tongue ; il, ilium;is, ischium ; k, keel of sternum ; mc, 1,2, 3, metacarpals; MT, first metatarsal;pb, pubis ; py, pygostyle ; r, radius ; rc, radial carpal; sc, scapula ; si», spine ; sr,sternal piece of rib; tm, tarso-metatarsus ; tt, tibio-tarsus ; u, ulna; uc, ulnarcarpal; up, uncin
. The structure and life of birds . Fig. 2.—Skeleton of Fowl (after Marshall and Hurst).a, acetabulum ; at, atlas vertebra ; ax, axis vertebra ; cl, clavicle ; cm, carpo-metacarpus ; co, coracoid ; cr, cervical rib ; n i, 2, 3, 4, digits ; dr, dorsal rib;he, femur; hu, humerus; hy, hyoid bone that supports the tongue ; il, ilium;is, ischium ; k, keel of sternum ; mc, 1,2, 3, metacarpals; MT, first metatarsal;pb, pubis ; py, pygostyle ; r, radius ; rc, radial carpal; sc, scapula ; si», spine ; sr,sternal piece of rib; tm, tarso-metatarsus ; tt, tibio-tarsus ; u, ulna; uc, ulnarcarpal; up, uncinate processes. SKELETONS OF BIRD AND REPTILE undergo, bones remain, relatively to each other, in thesame position. Hence it often happens that to observecarefully the position of a bone is the best way todiscover what bone it is. The wrist now follows, con-sisting of two rows of bones called Carpals (C, fig. 4a), with a central one (CE) wedgedafter these the five Metacarpals,the bones of the hand (MC).Next to them come the fingestructurelifeofb00head
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