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--. BONES OF THE Foor. 
" Th 2s) are the long Soucs between the instep and toes, forming the 
ack of the sole of the foot. ‘They are five in number. eee 
z : de TOES. 
: _ The great toe is composed of two small bones; each toe of three — 
small bones. . 
THE BONE MEMBRANE. '(Periostewm.) i : 
. This isa Membrane which invests the external and internal surface a 
of all the bones; the crownssol the tecth excepted. Its substance is 
; _ ied With arteries, veins, nerves; andabsorlcut vesscls. 
to distribute the vessels on the outer and inner surface of 
Saeed CARTILAGES. 
% ‘Cartilages are white, elastic, 
glistening substances, growing to the 
bones. They are divided into 
into those which cover jointed surfaces of 
bones ; those between the joints, which are not fastened to the bones, 
_ but adhere to the cap ligaments, and lie between the joints, as in the 
knee joint, &c.; and those which unite bones firmly together, as 
__ the bodies of the vertebra, &c. Their use is to lubricate the articu- 
lation of the cartilages; to connect some bones by an immovable 
_ Connexion ; and to facilitate the motion of some joints, 
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_. +FORMATION AND GROWTH OF BONES. 
_ ~ “&siiieation, or the formation of the bone 
small arteries, by which the bon 
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