PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY. 21 
The following cut represents a man 
with the muscles which cover the 
bones, without the skin. 
The muscles are what we call lean 
meat, They cover the bones, cross- 
ing the joints, running along up the 
limbs, over the back, arms, and neck, 
and are particularly large and nu- 
merous where they are most needed, 
as in the back, hips, legs, &e., aad 
though so numerous, they never in- 
terfere with each other. Sometimes 
the action of a muscle is needed 
where, if it were placed, it would be 
_ quite inconvenient. As every joint 
in the fingers, hands, and feet, are 
moved by muscles, if the muscles 
had been placed in the palm or back 
of the hand, or in the feet, they 
would have beén very unsightly, and 
very clumsy in appearance. They 
are, however, situated in the arm, 
and act by long strings, called ten- 
dons, which pass to the joints. These 
tendons are all clasped down at the MUSCULAR MAN. 
wrist by a bracelet which Nature has prepared, under the 
skin, to keep them in their place. In the same manner 
the muscles which move the toes and feet are placed along 
the leg, and are all confined by a little band at the ankle. 
Where there is a muscle needed, there we find it, arranged 
in the most beautiful manner. Suppose instead of the joint 
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