THE PHALAXGES 



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Fig. 188. — The Phalanges of the ^Middle Toe. 



THIRD, 



TERMINAL OR 



UNGUAL 



PHALANX 



SECOND 

 PHALANX 



Fig. 189.— a Longiti-dixal Section of the Boxes of the Lower Limb at Birth. 



THE CENTRE FOR THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF 

 THE FEMUR APPEARS EARLY IN THE NINTH 

 MONTH 



THE CENTRE FOR THE UPPER END Of THE 

 TIBIA APPEARS ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE BIRTH 



THE CENTRE FOR THE ASTRAGALUS APPEA'.S ^ 

 IN THE SEVENTH MONTH 



THE CENTRE FOR THE CALCANEUM APPEARS 

 !N THE SIXTH MONTH 



CAflTIUGE FOR THE PATELLA APPEARS ABOUT THE FOURTH 

 MONTH OF INTRA-UTERINE LIFE 



^E CENTRE FOR THE SCAPHOID APPEARS IN THE FOURTH YEAR 

 FOR THE INTERNAL CUNEIFORM APPEARS IN THE THIRD YEAR 



FIRST PHALANX OF HALLUX 



SECOKD PHALANX OF HALLUX 



