Viii CONTEXTS. 



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Terms of Position and Direction— Toponymy 20 



The normal position of the body "1 



Designation of the aspects of animals 21 



Views of Barclay and others 21-33 



Amibiguity of terms 23 



Intrinsic Toponymy 23 



Cephalic and caudal, dorsal, ventral, dextral, sinistral, lateral and mesal — 



signification and use by various authors 23-24 



Ventrimeson, dorsimeson, intermediate and medial 25 



Designation of the Regions of the Limbs 25 



Proximal and distal extremities 25 



Cephalic and caudal, dorsal and ventral aspects 35-30 



Other names for the extremities and aspects 26 



Terms of General Application to the Whole Body 36 



Central and peripheral, ectal and ental 36-27 



Inflections, etc 37 



Adjective endings 37 



Use of the prepositions of axiA from 27 



Limitations of accuracy • 27 



Derivatives, connecting vowels of 38 



Compound words — Hybrid wOrds 38 



Primary Divisions of the Body — Soma and Membra 29 



Axial portion, soma — Appendicular portion, membra — Truncus or trunk . . 29 

 Comparison of right and left (dextral and sinistral) in the object and the 



observer 29-31 



Position and direction on the soma 31 



Columna vertebralis, its constitution and location 32 



Canalis neuralis and coelum or general body cavity 33 



Essential characteristic of all vertebrates 33 



Body Planes 33-34 



Meson 33 



Paired or Lateral Organs — Azygous or Mesal Organs 33, 43 



Designation of Position and Direction 34 



Direct lines — Oblique lines 34 



Designation of direct and oblique lines 34^35 



Designation of position on oblique and direct lines 35 



Designation of diagonal lines JJ5 



Designation of the relative position of points on diagonal lines 36 



Designation of Direction and Relative Position on the Limbs 36 



Ental and ectal and their derivatives 36 



The soma and its divisions — Head, neck, trunk and tail 36 



The trunk and its divisions — Thorax, abdomen and pelvis ,36-37 



Partition between the abdomen and thorax 37 



Coelum or trunk cavity 37 



Table of the divisions of the body 39 



Normal Position of the Limbs 37 



Limb Segments and the Arthra or Joints 40 



Limb bones 40 



Carpus and tarsus 41 



