. Biology of the vertebrates : a comparative study of man and his animal allies. Vertebrates; Vertebrates -- Anatomy; Anatomy, Comparative. Fig. 580. Superficial muscles of the back. (After Morris.) Fig. 581. The tendon of Achilles, in black, showing how the work which muscles do may be applied at a point some distance from the mus- cle itself. the backward shifting of the heart the diaphragm finally assumes an abdominal position remote from the neck, yet the phrenic nerve, although made up from the third, fourth, and fifth cervical nerves, goes out of its way to retain connection with it and
. Biology of the vertebrates : a comparative study of man and his animal allies. Vertebrates; Vertebrates -- Anatomy; Anatomy, Comparative. Fig. 580. Superficial muscles of the back. (After Morris.) Fig. 581. The tendon of Achilles, in black, showing how the work which muscles do may be applied at a point some distance from the mus- cle itself. the backward shifting of the heart the diaphragm finally assumes an abdominal position remote from the neck, yet the phrenic nerve, although made up from the third, fourth, and fifth cervical nerves, goes out of its way to retain connection with it and to proclaim its origin. As already indicated tendons, or sinews, are means by which muscles are attached to bones, and in this capacity they serve a double purpose. In the first place they enable soft, delicate, contractile muscles to gain a firm, tenacious grip upon solid skeletal parts, whereby motion may be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walter, Herbert Eugene, b. 1867; Sayles, Leonard Perkins, 1902-. New York : Macmillan Co.
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