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THE HUMAN BODY. 



at its inner end to the sternum as shown in the figure, fit- 

 ting into the notch represented at Id in Fig. 24. 



The Fore Limb. In the limb itself (Fig. 30) are thirty 

 bones. The largest, a, lies in the upper arm, and is called 



FIG. 29. The skeleton of the trunk and the limb arches seen from the front. 

 C, clavicle; S, scapula; Oc, innominate bone attached to the side of the sacrum 

 dorsally and meeting its fellow at the pubic symphysis in the ventral median 

 line. 



the humerus. At the elbow the humerus is succeeded by 

 two bones, the radius and ulna, c and b, which lie side by 

 side, the radius being on the thumb side. At the distal 

 ends of these bones come eight small ones, closely packed 



