THE SKELETON. 



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Carpus. The carpus consists of seven bones arranged 

 in two rows (Fig. 36). Beginning on the pollex side, the 

 scapholunar, cuneiform, and pisiform compose the proxi- 



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FIG. 35. (See next page for explanation.} 



mal row, and the trapezium, trapezoid, magnum, and unci- 

 form form the distal row. The scapholunar, easily dis- 

 tinguished because of its large size, articulates with the 



