The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . Wrist Bones—Example of theShort Bones. Shoulder Blade—Example of theFlat Bones. Fig. 38. are thin, broad, flat plates, intended to afford extensive protection tothe parts beneath, or to provide a wide surface for the attachmentof muscles. The bones of the skull, the breast bone, and the shoulderblades, are examples of flat bones, one of which the shoulder blade,is shown in figure 37. Irregular or Mixed Bones are thosewhich, on account of their shape,cannot be groupe
The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . Wrist Bones—Example of theShort Bones. Shoulder Blade—Example of theFlat Bones. Fig. 38. are thin, broad, flat plates, intended to afford extensive protection tothe parts beneath, or to provide a wide surface for the attachmentof muscles. The bones of the skull, the breast bone, and the shoulderblades, are examples of flat bones, one of which the shoulder blade,is shown in figure 37. Irregular or Mixed Bones are thosewhich, on account of their shape,cannot be grouped either under thelong, short or flat bones. Examplesare seen in the chain of bones whichmake up the spinal column, thevertebrae, as they are called, and inthe jaw bones. Figure 38 shows, asan example of th^ irregular bones, avertebra. \:r ^ The body containsWo hundred andirregular Bones. four distinct bones. These are jo) ^ together, and form what is called the skeleton. The skull is a
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