. The Bible and science. Fin. Sl.—.lfn. tlip mandible or lower jaw ; CI. ihe cavicle, or collar lione; 77. tlioImmpriis; Sep. the scapula, or shoulder blade; St. the sternum ; R the carti-lages of tlie ribs ; R, the ribs ; II, the ilium or hip-bone ; F, the femur. Each of these girdles consists of several bones,which form the limbs of the animal, and unite them SCAPULA AND ILIUM. IG to the trunk. We have in each girdle two largeflat bones, which serve as an attachment for themuscles which move the limbs. These in the shoulder-. FiG. 82.—Diagrammatic rej)reseiitation of the limbs in mammalia. T
. The Bible and science. Fin. Sl.—.lfn. tlip mandible or lower jaw ; CI. ihe cavicle, or collar lione; 77. tlioImmpriis; Sep. the scapula, or shoulder blade; St. the sternum ; R the carti-lages of tlie ribs ; R, the ribs ; II, the ilium or hip-bone ; F, the femur. Each of these girdles consists of several bones,which form the limbs of the animal, and unite them SCAPULA AND ILIUM. IG to the trunk. We have in each girdle two largeflat bones, which serve as an attachment for themuscles which move the limbs. These in the shoulder-. FiG. 82.—Diagrammatic rej)reseiitation of the limbs in mammalia. The anteriorside is light, and the posterior is shaded, a and c are fore-limbs or and D are hind limbs, s, scapula ; is, ilium ; h, humerus ; /, femur; r. radius ;t, tibia ; ii, ulna ; /, fibula ; 1, poUex in fore and hallux in hind limb ; v, fifthdigit. girdle are called scapulae, or blade-bones, and in thepelvic girdle, ilia, or hip-bones. To each of these is jointed a smgle long strong bone. 1(38 HUMERUS AND FEMUR. which in the anterior extremity is called humerusor arm-bone, and in the posterior, femur, or thigh-hone.
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