Human osteology : comprising a description of the bones ; with delineations of the attachments of the muscles, the general and microscopic structure of the bone and its development : to which is added a brief notice of the unity of type in the construction of the vertebrate skeleton / by Luther Holden.

  • Holden, Luther, 1815-1905.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Human osteology : comprising a description of the bones ; with delineations of the attachments of the muscles, the general and microscopic structure of the bone and its development : to which is added a brief notice of the unity of type in the construction of the vertebrate skeleton / by Luther Holden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    There are corresponding bones in the tarsus. Those of the second row tally bone for bone with the second row of the carpus. But those of the first row are arranged one behind the other, for the obvious purpose of increasing the length of the foot, by the projection of the heel for the support of the body. Compare the following tables. CARPAL BONES. Second Eow. Trapeziuin, trapezoidcs, os magnum, unciforme. FiBST Row. . Scaphoides, lunare, cuneiforme, pisiforme. TARSAL BONES. Second Eow, 1. Ento Cuneiforme, 2. Meso Cuneiforme. 3. Ecto Cuneiforme. Cubpides, r Scaphoides FiKST Eow ....■{ Astragal u s (lunare) t Oscalcis (cuneiforme, pisiforme). The bones of the metacarpus and phalanges of the fingers corre- spond bone fot bone with those of the metatarsus and the toes.