Chap. 7 . ] tie Male and Female Skeletons. i 1 9 



bones muft be farther removed from each other, 

 which gives them a different gait from men in run- 

 ning, as they muft throw the weight of their bodies 

 further from fide to fide in order to bring it over the 

 center of gravity. The bones in general are much 

 finer and lefs robuft in the female than in the male 

 fkdeton, and the collar-bones are lefs curved. The 

 edification of fome of the bones is alfo in women 

 lefs complete. 



The principal ufes of the pelvis are to form an 

 arch between the trunk of the body and the lower ex- 

 tremities ; to contain and protect the urinary bladder, 

 the lower part of the inteftinal canal, &c. 



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