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CHORDATE ANATOMY 



formed by the fusion of four sternal elements or sternebrae. 3. The 

 posterior metasternum, xiphoid or ensiform process. The xiphoid 



PHALANGES . 



-METACARPALS. 

 CARPALS . 



CERVICAL VERTEBRAE 



ACROMION, 

 PROCESS 



PHALANGES 



Fig. 144. — Human skeleton viewed from behind. (Reproduced in modified form 

 from "The Human Body" by Dr. Logan Clendening, (Copyright ig27, 1030 by Alfred 

 A. Knopf, Inc.) by permission of and special arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 

 authorized publishers.) 



process is sometimes perforated by a foramen and is sometimes forked 

 posteriorly. 



