28 TUB It UMAX BODY. 



The skeleton of the upper limb consists of : (1) The 

 arm bone, or humerus, t, Fig. 8, which extends from the 

 shoulder to the elbow, and meets the scapula at the 

 shoulder-joint ; (2) of two forearm bones, the radius, g, 

 and ulna, f, the radius being on the thumb side ; and (3) 

 of twenty-seven hand bones. Of the hand bones eight, 

 the carpal bones, h, lie in the wrist ; five, the metacarpal 

 bones, i, in the palm of the hand ; and fourteen, the pha- 

 langes, Tc, in the thumb and fingers two for the thumb, 

 and three for each finger. 



The pelvic arch or girdle consists of a single bone, the 

 os innominatum, s, on each side ; this is firmly fixed at 

 its dorsal end to the lower part of the back-bone, meets 

 its fellow ventrally at the lower end of the abdomen, and 

 bears a deep socket on its outer side, into which the upper 

 end of the thigh-bone fits. 



The skeleton of the lower limb consists of : (1) The 

 thigh-bone or femur, r, the longest bone in the body, 

 bearing above a hemispherical knob fitting into a hollow 

 on the outside of the os innominatum, with which it forms 

 the hip-joint ; (2) of two bones, tibia and fibula, I and m, 

 in the lower leg, the former on the great toe side ; (3) of 



How many bones are there in the upper limb? Which of these 

 lies between the elbow and shoulder joints? With what bone does it 

 articulate above? Name the forearm bones. Which of them lies to 

 the outer side when the palm of the hand is turned forward? How 

 many bones are there in the hand? Where are the carpal bones? 

 How many of them are there? The metacarpal bones ; position and 

 number? The phalanges of the hand ; position and number ? 



How many bones form the pelvic arch? What are they named? 

 To what are their dorsai ends attached? Where do they meet one 

 another ? What bone of the leg forms a joint with the innominate 

 bone ? 



What is the first bone in the skeleton of the lower limb ? How 

 does it end above? Witli what bones does it articulale? At what 

 joints ? What bones extend from the knee to the ankle joint ? 

 Which of them is on the inner side of the leg ? 



