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THE BONES. 



Name. 



The nomenclature of osteology does not rest on any basis capable of confer- 

 ring upon it a methodic form. Consequently, we find bones which derive their 

 name from their shape (example : the fibula) ; others from their resemblance 



to known objects (the tibia and vomer). Some owe it to their position (the 

 frontal bone), or their uses (the axis and parietal bones). Several attempts 

 have been made to submit the nomenclature of the bones to more precise 



