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THE HUMAN BODY. 



h. The metatarsus consists of five bones lying side by side, 

 and each carries a toe at its distal end. In the great toe (or 

 hallux) there are two phalanges, in each of the others three, 

 arranged as in the fingers, but smaller. 



Comparison of the Anterior and Posterior Limbs. It is 

 clear that the skeletons of the arm and leg correspond pretty 



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FIG. 35. The skeleton of the arm and leg:. H, the humerus; Cd, its articular 

 head which fits into the glenoid fossa of the scapula; U. the ulna: R, the radius; 

 O, the olecranon; Fe, the fernur; P, the patella; Ft, the fibula; T, the tibia. 



closely to one another. They are in fact quite alike in very 

 early life, and their differences at birth depend upon their 

 taking different ways as they develop from their primitive 



