I II! SKI II I')'. 01 1111 L0 



toward the dorsum of the foot. It articulates with the navicular, . . and rr 

 and with the second, third, and fourth mi 



THE FIVE METATARSAL BONES. 



I tarsal I ! 



imal extremity or base, of a 



id cuneiform behind and with the phal 



he fifth id. 

 I 

 of the plantar pi the txd 



directed outward, and that of the fifth \ nilar j 



metcu ond th 



fifth metal 



Tli f the mcti 



slender toward their h< d exhibit a cur 



the dorsum of th 



The h 

 compressed fi i 



dim tion, whi 

 the b mi the 1 



•id the plant.: 

 present 

 of the great I 



THE BONES OF THE TOES. PHAI ANGES. 



The four less ich have three phala »ut the 



two ; Figs. 



remaining four toes, and also thicker than tho the thui 



less tnsiderabl ■ than tl 



In other tly lik< 



the exception <a irregularil levelo] vhich 



of the two oul s and a;\- largely middle pha- 



langes oi these two strikingly short, usually .n the terminal phalar. 



and in all the to< >nly the proximal phal.. 



A.S in the hand, each phalanx presents a 6 i md the distal ends of the third 



phalanges terminate in an ungual tuberosity. 



