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ZOOLOGY. 



and are reduced to cartilaginous pieces in sharks. The pelvic 

 girdle, or velvis, consists of three bones, i.e., one dorsal, the 

 ilium, and two ventral, the anterior of which is cs^ed. pubis, 

 and the posterior ischium. 



The limbs each consist of a single long bone, succeeded by 

 two long bones, followed by two transverse rows of short 

 wrist or ankle bones, and five series of long finger or toe 

 bones, called phalanges. For example, in the fore limb of 

 most Vertebrates, as in the arm of man, to the shoulder gir- 

 dle, i.e., at the point of junction of the three bones com- 

 posing it, is articulated the humerus ; this is succeeded by 



Fia. 374. 



Fia 375. 



FiG. 376. 



Fig. 374 Sternum and shoulder girdle of Frog [Sana 



tempffraria). p, body of the sternum ; 5C, scai>i]Ia ; sc', 

 supi-a-scapula ; co, coracoid bone, fused in the middle line 

 with its fellow of the opposite sirle (s) ; d, clavicle ; «, epis- 

 ternum. The extreme shaded double portion below p is the 

 xiphistemum. The cartilaginous parts are shaded.— After 

 Gegenbaur. 



Kg. 375.— Pore-leg of a seal. S, scapula ; II, humerus ; 

 0, olecranon or tip of elbow ; S, radius ; (7, ulna ; Po. 

 poUex, or thumb. 



Fig. 376. — Pelvis pr pelvic bones on one side of a marsu- 

 pial (Kangaroo). 62, ilium; o, situated on the pubic bone 

 (pubis) indicates the acetabulum or concavity for the arlic- 

 olation of the head of the femur ; 63, ischium, consolidated with the pubis. The 

 three bones thus consolidated form the os Innominatam ; m^ marsupial bones ar- 

 ticulated to the pubic bones.— Alter Owen. 



the ulna and radius, the carpals, the metacarpals, and the fin- 

 ger-bones or phalanges, the single row of phalanges forming 

 a digit (finger or toe). To the point of union {acetabulum. 

 Fig. 376, a) of the three pelvic bones is articulated the fe- 

 mur, or thigh; this is succeeded by the tibia and fibula 

 (shank-bones), the tarsal (ankle-bones) and metatarsal bones, 

 and the phalanges or bones forming the digits (toes). 



Figs. 378-380 represent the simplest form of the posterior 

 limbs in the higher Vertebrates, that of the bird showing an 



