CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTORY 



Definition of Mammalian Anatomy. Subdivisions of biology. Reasons for 

 selecting the cat for study. General structure of the cat. Organs. Tissues. 



Plan of the body. The skeleton. Its parts. Methods of preparation. 

 Instruments required. Killing and skinning the animal. Cleaning the 

 bones. Maceration. Boiling. Number of bones in the skeleton. Their 

 positions. The human skeleton. Names of bones. Classification of bones. 



Modes of union. General characters. Dried bones. Fresh bones. 

 Structure. Parts of bones. Features on bones. General terms used in 

 description. Special terms for surfaces, eminences, depressions, cavities, 

 and passages. Qualifying terms. Development of bones. Growth. Gen- 

 eral terms used in osteology. Directions in the use of this book pp. 1-42 



CHAPTER II 



THE AXIAL SKELETON THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN 



The axial skeleton, its divisions and its constituent bones. The vertebral 

 column, its parts and regions. Characters common to all vertebrae. No- 

 menclature. Muscular attachments. Ossification. Cervical vertebrae. A 

 typical cervical vertebra. Characters of the remaining cervical vertebrae. 

 Recapitulation of characters. Table for identification. Thoracic vertebrae. 

 A typical thoracic vertebra. Characters of the remaining thoracic ver- 

 tebrae. Recapitulation of characters. Table for identification. Lumbar 

 vertebrae. A typical lumbar vertebra. The remaining lumbar vertebrae. 

 Sacral vertebrae. The sacrum. Caudal vertebrae. A typical caudal ver- 

 tebra. Type of the proximal caudal vertebrae. Type of the terminal caudal 

 vertebrae. Determination of caudal vertebrae. Entire vertebral column. 

 Dorsal aspect. Ventral aspect. Lateral aspect. Nomenclature of parts of 

 the vertebrae. Variations in the size and development of the atlas, axis, 

 seventh cervical, and sacrum. Tables. Variations in the number of ver- 

 tebrae. Table. Malformation of vertebrae. Human vertebral column. 

 Human cervical vertebrae. Human thoracic vertebrae. Human lumbar 



vertebrae. Human sacrum. Human coccyx pp. 43-131 



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