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Posterior Foot ... .... 102 



1. Bones of the Tarsus . ..... 102 



2. Bones of the Metatarsus ...... 105 



3. Bones of the Digital Region ...... 105 



Differential Characters in the Posterior Limb of other than Soliped 



Animals . . . . . . . 105 



Comparison of the Abdominal Limb of Man with that of the Domesticated 



Animals ........ 107 



Article vi. The Limbs in General, and their Parallelism . . 109 

 CHAPTER III. The Bones in Birds . . . . . .112 



CHAPTER IV. Theory of the Vertebral Constitution of the Skeleton . 118 



SECOND SECTION. The Articulations . . . . . 121 



CHAPTER I. The Articulations in General . . . . . 121 



General Characters of Diarthroses ...... 123 



General Characters of Synarthroses .... 128 



General Characters of Amphiarthroses or Symphyses . . . 129 



CHAPTER II. The Articulations of Mammalia in Particular . . 129 



Article i. Articulations of the Spine . . . . .130 



Articulations between the Vertebrae, or Intervertebral Articulations . 130 



Article n. Articulations of the Head ..... 135 



1. Atlo-axoid Articulation . . . . . .135 



2. Occipito-atloid Articulation ...... 137 



3. Articulations between the Bones of the Head . . . 137 



4. Temporo-maxillary Articulation . . . . .138 



5. Hyoideal Articulations ..... 139 

 Article in. Articulations of the Thorax . . . . . 140 



1. Costo-vertebral, or Articulations of the Eibs with the Vertebral Column 140 



2. Costo-sternal Articulations .... . 141 



3. Chondro-costal Articulations, or Articulations between the Ribs . 142 



4. Articulations between the Costal Cartilages .... 142 



5. Sternal Articulation peculiar to the Ox and Pig . . . 142 



6. The Articulations of the Thorax considered in a general manner, with 



respect to their Movements . . . . . .142 



Article iv. Articulations of the Anterior Limbs . . . . 143 



1. Scapulo-humeral Articulation. ..... 143 



2. Humero-radial Articulation ..... 144 



3. Radio-ulnnr Articulation . * . . . . .147 



4. Articulations of the Carpus . . . . .148 



5. Intermetacarpal Articulations. .... 152 



6. Metacarpo-phalangeal Articulations . . . . 153 



7. Articulation of the First Phalanx with the Second, or first Inter- 



phalangeal Articulation ...... 156 



8. Articulation of the Second Phalanx with the Third, Second Inter- 



phalangeal Articulation, or Articulation of the Foot . . 157 



Article v. Articulations of the Posterior Limbs .... 159 



1. Articulations of the Pelvis ..... 159 



2. Coxo-femoral Articulation ...... 161 



3. Femoro-tibial Articulation ..... 163 



4. Tibio-fibular Articulation ...... '167 



5. Articulations of the Tarsus, or Hock .... 168 

 CHAPTER III. The Articulations in Birds ... . 172 



THIRD SECTION. The Muscles. . . . . . . 173 



CHAPTER I. General Considerations on the Striped Muscles . . . 174 



The Striped Muscles in General . . 174 



