LESSON VIII. 



THE HIND EXTREMITIES. 



Named from above downwards the bones of 

 the hind extremities are : 



The Innominate Bones. 

 Femur. 

 Patellas. 



Tibia. 

 Fibula. 

 Tarsal Bones. 

 Metatarsal Bones. 



Two Sesaamoids. 

 Suffraglnal Bono. 

 Coronal Bono. 



Navicular Bone. 

 Pedal or CoflQn Bone. 



74. — The 'innominate,' or nameless bone, is so 

 called on account of its being hke nothing but it- 

 self to which anatomists can compare it. It is 

 scientifically termed the 'pelvic girdle.' The 

 word pelvis means a basin, and, save in man- 

 kind with his upright trunk, scarcely applicable 

 to the lower animals, seeing that it is neither 

 shaped like a basin nor properly acts as such in 

 them. A very small portion of it, called the true 

 pelvis, assumes more of the character and func- 

 tions of a basin, and holds and protects the blad- 

 der, unimpregnated womb, &c. 



