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form, wide, elliptical, quadrilateral, triangular, etc. 



Direction. — Varies : according to their axis, rectilin- 

 ear or curvilinear ; according to the plumb-line, vertical 

 or horizontal ; according to bony levers, parallel or 

 oblique. 



Attachments. — Are fixed or origin, and movable 

 or insertion. 



Connections. — Are with the skin, bones, muscles or 

 other organs. 



Strcctdee. — Red and white fibres, cellular tissue, 

 vessels and nerves. 



Uses. — Flexors, extensors, abductors, adductors or 

 rotators. 



Annexes. — Such as aponeurosis of contention, serous 

 bursse, synovial sheaths. 



S¥i\OESMOLOGY. 



The study of joints or articulations. 



Division. — Diarthrodial, or movable ; synarthrodial, 

 or immovable ; amphiarthrodial, or mixed. 



Diarthrodial Joint. — Offers for study, — 



Articular surfaces — Facettes, head, condyles, etc. 



Cartilages of covering — Which are smooth and 

 shining. 



Complementary cartilages — As the meniscus. 



Ligaments. — White, being peripheric, or capsular 



