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liable to displacement, accounts for an anatomical fact, 

 what is it? 



J2. They are not often covered with aponeuroses. 



3. Of the Short Muscles. 



Q. What do you mean by these ? 



Ji. They are a class of muscles equal in length, breadth 

 and thickness, fitted by this formation for strong yet cir- 

 cumscribed motion. 



Q. Where are they found ? 



*#. About the shoulder and hip joints; about the jaw, 

 the palm of the hand, and so forth. 



Organization of the Muscles. 





Q. What peculiar organization is found in muscles? 



tf. A red, flabby (molasse) fibre, with uniformity of 

 size in the large and small muscles, running its course 

 without bifurcation. A single fibre is not visible, but as 

 they are always united in a bundle, they are thus dis- 

 tinctly seen. 



Q. What constitutes general contraction of a muscle? 



#. The union of many separate, distinct, and indepen- 

 dent contractions. 



Q. What is the direction of the fibres of the voluntary 

 muscles ? 



#. Straight, except in the sphincters. 



Q. How does muscular texture differ from fibrous? 



*tf. In its softness and small degree of resistance. 



