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SECT. 



acetabulum which forms the socket for the head of the 

 thigh-bone. 



The thigh has a single long bone, the femur. The leg 

 has two bones, the tibia and fibula, the former, which is 

 internal, being the larger of the two, and the latter in the 



SCP 



B 



FIG. 200. Diagrams of the fore (A) and hind (B) limbs with the limb-girdles, actb. 

 acetabulum ; gl. glenoid cavity ; p. cor, procoracoid ; / V ', digits. Cartilage 

 bones cn,l, cn,2, centralia ; COR. coracoid ; dst. 15, distalia ; FE. femur ; 

 FI. fibula ; fi. fibulare ; HU. humerus ; IL. ilium ; int. intermedium ; IS. 

 ischium ; mtcp. 1 5, metacarpals ; mt. ts. 1 5, metatarsals ; ph. phalanges ; 

 PU. pubis ; RA. radius ; ra. radiale ; TI. tibia ; ti. tibiale ; UL. ulna ; 111. ulnare, 

 Membrane bone CL. clavicle. 



Rabbit not being distinct from the former towards the distal 

 end. In the foot are a number of tar sal bones correspond- 

 ing to the carpals of the hand, a series of metatarsals, either 

 four (Rabbit) or five (Lizard), corresponding to the meta- 

 carpals and a series of phalanges. 



When the skin of the trunk of the Dog-fish is removed 



