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Posterior Foot . . .... 102 



1. Bones of the Tarsus . ..... 102 



2. Bones of the Metatarsus ...... 105 



3. Bones of the Digital Kegion . . . . . .105 



Differential Characters in the Posterior Limb of other than Soliped 



Animals ........ 105 



Comparison of the Abdominal Limb of Man with that of the Domesticated 



Animals ...... . 107 



Article vi.— The Limbs in General, and their Parallelism . 109 



Chapter in. — The Bones in Birds .... . 112 



Chapter IV.— Theory of the Vertcbri.l Constitution of the Skeleton . 118 



Second Section. — The Articulations . .... 121 



Chaptek I. — The Articulations in General .... 121 



General Characters of Diarthroses ...... 123 



General Characters of Synarthroses ..... 128 



General Characters of Amphiarthroses or Symphyses . . . 129 



Chapter II. — The Articulations of Mammalia in Particular . 129 



Article I. — ^Articulations of the Spine . . . . .130 



Articulations between the Vertebrje, or Intervertebral Articulations . 130 



Article n. — Articulations of the Head .... 135 



1. Atlo-axoid Articulation ..... 135 



2. Occipito-atloid Articulation ..... 137 



3. Articulations between the Bones of the Head . . . 137 



4. Temporo-maxillary Articulation .... 138 



5. Hyoideal Articulations ...... 139 



Article in. — Articulations of the Thorax ..... 140 



1. Costo-vertebral, or Articulations of the Kibs with the Vertebral Column 140 



2. Costo-sternal Articulations ...... 141 



3. Ohondro-costal Articulations, or Articulations between the Eibs . 142 



4. Articulations between the Costal Cartilages . . . 142 



5. Sternal Articulation peculiar to the Ox and Pig . . 142 



6. The Articulations of the Thorax copsidered in a general manner, with 



respect to their Movements ..... 142 



Article rv.— Articulations of the Anterior Limbs ... 143 



1. Scapulo-humeral Articulation. . . . 143 



2. Humero-radial Articulation . . 144 



3. Kadio-ulrmr Ai-ticulation . . . 147 



4. Articulations of the Carpus . • • 148 



5. Inteimetacarpal Articulations. . . 152 



6. Metacarpo-phalangeal Articulations .... 153 



7. Articulation of the First Phalanx with the Second, or first Inter- 



phalangeal Articulation . • • ■ • 



8 Articulation of the Second Phalanx with the Third, Second Inter- 



phalangeal Articulation, or Articulation of the Foot . 157 

 Article v.— Articulations of the Posterior Limbs . . . .159 



1. Articulations of the Pelvis . • 



2. Coxo-femoral Articulation 



3. Femoro-tibial Articulation 



4. Tibio-fibular Articulation 



5. Articulations of the Tarsus, nr Hock 

 Chaptee III.— The Articulations in Birds 



Thikd Section.— The Muscles. 



Chapter I.— General Considerations ou the Striped Muscles 

 The Striped Muscles in General 



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