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PHYLUM CHORDATA 



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backwards from their dorsal 

 nearly parallel. Neither is- 

 chiuin nor pubis unites ven- 

 trally with its fellow to form 

 a symphysis. 



In the hind-limb the/emur 

 (Fig. 2%4,/e) is a compara- 

 tively short bone. Its proxi- 

 mal extremity bears a promi- 

 nent tro chanter (tr) and a 

 rounded head (hd} . Its dis- 

 tant end is produced into 

 pulley-like condyles. Articu- 

 lating with the femur is a 

 very long bone, the tibio- 

 tarsus (ti. ts} ; its distal end 

 is pulley-like, not concave 

 like the corresponding ex- 

 tremity of the tibia of other 

 Amniota. The study of its 

 development shows that the 

 pulley-like distal end of the 

 bone (Fig. 285, //*) con- 

 sists of the proximal tarsals, 



astragalus and calcaneum, 



which at an early period 

 unite with the tibia and give 

 rise to the compound shank- 

 bone of the adult. The fibula 

 (Fig. 284, /) is very small, 

 much shorter than the tibia, 

 and tapers to a point at its 

 distal end. 



or ace tabular ends, and lie 



