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oblique downwards ami inwards; it presents u curvature forwards. 'I'hc Unly (if tin 

 is prismatic- ami triangular ill its middle purt : the |*i.-terior Imrder of t.hi- pri-m form* a 

 Bonicuhat MI I ictit <TI st, which takes tin- place (if all tho insertion eminences on ti 

 terior aspect of tho femur in animals, and is designated tin- Hum H.--/IMVI. Tlii.- Mm- 

 bifurcates above and below ; below, the brandies margin a triangular or yci/<//iVi/ upace. 



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HUMAN PELVIS; FEMALE. 

 1, Last lumbar vertebra; 2, 2, Intcrvertebral substance; 15, Promontory of the 

 sacrum ; 4, Anterior surface of the sacrum ; 5, Coccyx ; 6, Iliac fossa- ; 7, Antero- 

 sii]>erior spinous process; 8, Antero-inferior spinous process; 9, Acetabuluni. 

 (i, Its notch ; 6, Body of ischium ; c, Its tuberosity ; (/, Its spine ; c, 1'iibis ; /, 

 Symphysis pubis; </, Arch of the pubes ; /<, Angle of os pnbis; i, Spine of piil-s, 

 with crest between it and h; k, k, Pectineal line; /, I, llio-]>ijctineal line, with its 

 prolongation, m, m; n, Ilio-pectineal eminence; o, Smooth surface for femoral 

 vessels ; p, p, Great sacro-ischiatic notch. 



The head is supported by a long neck, inserted obliquely into the superior extremity. 

 The two condyles are joined together in front by the trochlea, whu-h is wide and 

 hliallow. 



C. LEG. Three bones : the tibia, fibula, and patella. 



The tibia is vt-ry long ; its crest (or spinous process) is much more developed than in 

 any of the domesticated animals, and describes u kind of curve like an italic >'. < >n the 

 inner aspect of the inferior extremity is seen a voluminous process which occupies, inwardly, 

 a portion of the tibio tarsal articulation: this is the internal mallcolus. The articular 

 surface is not exactly formed to correspond with the whole articular surface of the 

 astragalus. 



T\\c fibula is as long as the tibia. It is prismatic, and slightly twihted mi it-elf. It 

 articulates above and below with the tibia. 'I he lower extremity re.-p.md.- to the astra- 

 galus, and forms a prominence named the external mallcolus. 



There is nothing particular to note in the patella. 



D. FOOT. The/oo< of Man is situated in a horizontal direction. Its upper aspect is 

 convex ; its inferior face is excavated, and it rests on the ground by its two extremities. 



1. Tursiu. In the tursus there are seven bones, three of which are cuneiform The 

 astragalus articulates with the tibia and fibula; it responds to the scaphoid l<y a \\i II 

 detached convex aiticular surface, named the head. 



In the bones of thelowerrow.it is remark' d that t lie cuboid n-H] Kinds to the fifth 

 and fourth metatarsals : the first cuneiform to the third; (lie second en:i iform t the 

 second metatarsal, and the third to the lir-t. 



2. Metatarsus. The metatarsus is composed of five bony columns, ntaily parallel to 

 each other. They are enumerated from without to within, and increase in length 



the first to the fourth; the fifth is the shortest and most voluminous. 



