CONTENTS 



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L.\BORATORY EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS I 



Chapter 



I. The Elementary Tissues 5 



A. Connective tissue 6 



B. Epithelial tissue 8 



C. Muscular tissue 9 



D. Nervous tissue 12 



E. Fluid tissue 13 



II. The Skeleton 14 



A. The skeleton as a whole 15 



B. Development and classification of bones 18 



C. Relations and topography of some of the bones 19 



a. Skull 19 



b. Vertebral column 23 



c. Ribs and sternum 26 



d. Pectoral girdle and superior limb . . ' 28 



e. Pelvic girdle and inferior limb 31 



III. Articulations 36 



A. Synarthroses 36 



B. Amphiarthroses 2>1 



C. Diarthroses 2>1 



IV. Work Preliminary to Dissection 38 



A. External characters of the rabbit 38 



B. General description of the body 38 



C. Topographical terms used 39 



D. Myological terms 41 



E. Namds of muscles 42 



F. Skinning the rabbit 42 



G. Subcutaneous muscles 43 



H. Preparing the skinned surface for dissection of muscles 44 



V. Muscles of the Right Superior Limb 46 



A. Muscles which attach the superior limb to the body 47 



B. The four major functional groups 52 



C. Muscles of the shoulder joint 53 



D. Muscles which move the forearm 54 



E. Muscles which move the hand 55 



VI. Muscles of the Right Inferior Limb 60 



A. Muscles of the thigh 61 



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