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Questions. Of how many bones does the human skeleton consist ? 

 How are they divided ? What is a natural skeleton ? What an arti- 

 ficial ? What uses does the skeleton serve ? What bones are said to 

 be symmetrical ? How many bones are there in the head ? -in the 

 trunk I : in the upper extremities ?r-r-m the lower ? How does the 

 skeleton compare with works of human art ? How is the brain pro- 

 tected from injuries ? How many plates do the bones of the skull 

 contain ? What changes does age produce in the bones of the 

 skull ? What are the sutures ? what their use ? To what does 

 Sir Charles Bell compare the skull ? How does it resemble a dome ? 

 What are the principal sutures ? Describe the frontal bone. What 

 is said of the national peculiarities in the shape of the head ? 

 What shaped heads had the ancient Egyptians ? Does the texture 

 of skulls vary ? What changes occur in the thickness and weight 

 of the bones of the skull ? What is said of the cavity of the 

 cranium ? What is formed first, the brain or the skull ? What uses 

 does the spine serve ? Of how many bones does it consist 1 What 

 are they called ? How divided ? Describe a vertebra. What sort of 

 substance is placed between the vertebrae ? its use ? Why is the 

 spine curved like an /? What is the spine disease? its causes? 

 its cure ? f What effect have mechanical remedies ? Do boys ever 

 have it? Describe the thorax. How many ribs are there? What 

 are true ribs ? What false ? Which are the largest ? Where is the 

 sternum situated ? Describe it. What is the use of the cartilages 

 between the sternum and ribs ? What is the next division of the 

 trunk ? What is the pelvis ? Of how many bones composed ? What 

 its use ? The last division ? Where is the clavicle ? its use ? DCS- 

 cribe the scapula, its use ? Is great freedom of motion compatible 

 with great strength in a joint? Describe the os humeri. Of how 

 many kinds of motion susceptible ? Describe the fore arm ? the radius ? 

 the ulna. What is the contrivance for rotating the arm ? What is 

 the olecranon 1 its use ? In graminivorous animals, how are these 

 bones constructed ? How can the anatomist tell to what kind of 

 animal any bone belongs? How many bones are there in the hand??- 

 how many in the wrist ? ^ What is said of the thumb ? Of the 

 fingers ? What are the bones of the lower extremity? Describe the 

 hip joint ? the knee. Does the pressure of the atmosphere affect the 

 joints?' Describe the leg below the knee? the ankle. How are the 

 bones of the foot divided? How many bones in the tarsus? the 

 metatarsus ? the phalanges lj the foot ? What is the use of so many 

 bones ? What is the use of the arched form of the foot ? 



