OF THB 



UNIVERSITY 



THE SKELETON. 



BONES. 



Like the The framework of the body is com- 

 r/a^ouse 1 * P ose d ^ bones and ligaments. It is 

 called the skeleton. What beams, joists 

 and rafters are to a house, bones are to the body. 

 As each timber in the framework of a building is 

 fitted for its own particular place and purpose, so 

 each one of the bones of the body has its own place 

 and is in every way precisely adapted, in shape and 

 strength, for a special use. 



There are two hundred and eight bones 

 Number j n ^ Q gk e i e ton. This does not include 



oi Bones. 



the teeth, for they are really not a 

 part of the skeleton. Thirty-four of the bones of 

 the body are single only one of the same kind. 

 Besides these, there are eighty-seven pairs, the two 

 bones of each pair being alike one on each side of 

 the body. 



The skeleton plate shows that the bones 



Shape. ...- . _. 



are very different in shape. Some are 

 long, like this (leg bone), for example. Others 



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