. 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 ; dh, dorsal rib;FE, femur; hu, humenis; HV, hyoid bone that supports the tongue; IL, ilium ;IS, ischium; K, keel of sternum ; MC, i, 2, 3, metacarpals; mt, first metatarsal;PB, pubis ; py, pygostyle ; r, radius ; rc, radial carpal; sc, scapula ; sp, spine ; sr,sternal piece of rib; tm, tarso-metatarsus ; tt, tibio-tarsus ; u, ulna; uc, ulnarcarpal; up, uncina
. 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 ; dh, dorsal rib;FE, femur; hu, humenis; HV, hyoid bone that supports the tongue; IL, ilium ;IS, ischium; K, keel of sternum ; MC, i, 2, 3, metacarpals; mt, first metatarsal;PB, pubis ; py, pygostyle ; r, radius ; rc, radial carpal; sc, scapula ; sp, 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) wedged in between the two,after these the five Metacarpals,the bones of the hand (MC).Next to th
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