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Skeleton of the Oorilla, 



LENGTH OF SPINAL COLUMN. 



Length of the cervical vertebra 



Xength from the first dorsal vertebrae to extremity of the sacrum 25 



Total 



Add for shrinkage of the intervertebral cartilages (nearly one-sixth 

 of total length) 



Total length of spine 

 MEASUREMENTS OF THORAX. 

 Length along the fourth rib, measured from the spine of its 



vertebra to the articulation with cartilage 



Greatest circumference at the level of the eighth rib 



Length 



Transverse diameter of apex 



„ „ of base 



Antero-posterior diameter of base 



PELVIS. 



Greatest breadth of pelvis, from crests of the iliac bones 



Breadth of pelvis, measured outwardly and posteriorly from the 

 same points as above .... 



Height of pelvis (perpendicular measurement) 



_. , - r sacro-public, or antero-posterior 



Diameters of I 



P^l^i^ ^*^^^H bis-iliac, or transverse 



UPPER EXTREMITIES. 



Greatest length of the scapula plate 



Length of the humerus to radial articulation 



Circumference of the humerus in the middle of its shaft 



Do. at the distal articulation, measured around the condyles ... 



Length of radius (fore-arm) 



Direct length of ulna 



Length measured on its outward curvature 



LOWER EXTREMITIES. 

 Length of femur, measured from the round ligament to the 



lateral margin of tibial articulation 



Length measured from summit of the great tubsrosity to the 



lateral margin of tibial articulation 



Circumfeience of the neck of the femur 



Greatest circumference of the femur around the two tuberosities 



Circumference of middle of the shaft 



Circumference at the knee, measured over the patella 



Length of patella 



Greatest length of tibia (perpendicular) 



Length of fibula from knee to ankle ... 



THE FOOT. 



Greatest length of os calcis 

 Greatest length of right foot, 



extremity of middle toe 

 Do., do., left 



measured on top from tibia to 



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. 4 



25 .. 



. 19 



301 .. 



. 23 



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35f 



. 261 



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131 . 



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141 . 



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