. The Bible and science. Fig. 86.—Skeleton of the manus or liand of various mammals, i. man ; ii. dog :III. pip; IV. ox; v. tapir; vi. horse. 9, radius; k, uhia; a, scajihoid boneb. lunar ; c, cuneiform ; d, tapezium ; c, trapezoid ; /, magnum ; a, uncinatey pisiform. HAND AND FOOT. 171 and the third lying between them. Attached to thisintermediate bone is another one or two, the centralbone or bones of the wrist (Fig. 84), and then, arranged. Fio. 87.—Hinder extremity of a larva of salamander. The dotted lines are drawnthrough the rays to which tlie dififerent pieciS belon^r. Fe. femur; T, ti
. The Bible and science. Fig. 86.—Skeleton of the manus or liand of various mammals, i. man ; ii. dog :III. pip; IV. ox; v. tapir; vi. horse. 9, radius; k, uhia; a, scajihoid boneb. lunar ; c, cuneiform ; d, tapezium ; c, trapezoid ; /, magnum ; a, uncinatey pisiform. HAND AND FOOT. 171 and the third lying between them. Attached to thisintermediate bone is another one or two, the centralbone or bones of the wrist (Fig. 84), and then, arranged. Fio. 87.—Hinder extremity of a larva of salamander. The dotted lines are drawnthrough the rays to which tlie dififerent pieciS belon^r. Fe. femur; T, tibia ; F,fibula; t, tibial;/, fibular bone of tarsus ; i, intermediate bone; c, central bone. 172 HIND LEGS AND FORE LEGS. like an arch beyond these are five other small bones,from which proceed the five digits, each of whichcontains four bones, or phalanges, except the first,which contains only three. This may be lookedupon as the typical wrist, but it is almost alwaysmuch modified in various animals by the fusiontogether of one or more of these bones in variousways. A similar arrangement maybe looked upon as typicalin the foot also, but here the arrangement is even moredisturbed than in the hand or fore-foot (Fig. 87). In most animals the hind legs are merely wanted forsteady progression and support, and the flat bones, orilia, of the pelvic girdle are usually firmly and closelyunited to the vertebral column.
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