SECTIONAL INDEX 



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Generalities of Comparative Anatomy ... ... ••. i 



OSTEOLOGY AND ARTHROLOGY 



The Trunk : 



Vertebral Cohntin .. ... ... ••• ••• 4 



Sacrum ... ... ... .■■ ... ••• 1° 



Coccygeal vertebrae ... ... ... ... •■• n 



Direction and form of the vertebral column ... ... n 



Thorax ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ^- 



Sternum ... ... ... ... ••• ••• I4 



Ribs and costal cartilages ... ... ... ••• I4 



The Anterior Limbs : 



Shoulder ... ... ... ... ... ••• 20 



Scapula ... ... ... ... •-• ••• 21 



Clavicle ... ... ... ... ... ••• 25 



Ar>Ji ... ... ... ... ... ... ■•• 28 



Humerus ... ... ... .. ... ••■ 28 



General view of the form of the forearm and hand ... ... 34 



Forearm ... ... ... ... ... ... 3^ 



Hand ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 



The Anterior Limbs in Certain Animals : 



Phuitigrades : Bear ... ... ... ... ... 49 



Digitigrades : Cat, dog ... ... ... ... ... 5^ 



Unguligrades : Pig ... ... ... ... ... 57 



Sheep, Ox ... ... ... ... ... ... 60 



Horse ... ... ... ... ... ... 64 



Proportions of the arm, the forearm, and metacarpus ... 7° 



Articulations of the anterior limbs... ... ... ... 71 



Scapulo-humeral articulation ... ... ... ... 72 



Humero-ulnar articulation, or elbow ... ... ... 74 



Radio-ulnar articulation ... ... ... ... 75 



Articulation of the wrist ... ... ... ... 75 



Metacarpo-phalangeal articulations ... ... .. 76 



Interphalangeal articulations ... ... ... ... 77 



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