THE tlMBS IN GENERAL. 



109 



3. Digital region.— This comprises five dfeita or tops The «».=i„« c ±^ 

 are analogous to those of the fingers, from whi™ thev are r^«t1.l • rf r^.u*''.'''^ *°^« 

 size. They increase in volume from'the"to the fifth di^t^^^''' ^' '""'' ^"'^ 



Fig. 70. 



Fig. '2J. 



EIGHT HUMAN PBMDR; 

 ANTERIOR ASPECT. 

 1, Shaft; 2, Head; 3, 

 Neck ; 4, Great tro- 

 chanter ; 5, Anterior 

 intertrochanteric line; 

 6, Lesser trochanter ; 7^ 

 External condyle ; 8, In- 

 ternal condyle ; 9, Tu- 

 berosity for attachment 

 of external lateral liga- 

 ment ; 10, Fossa for ten- 

 don of origin of popliteus 

 muscle; 11, Tuberosity 

 for attachment of in- 

 ternal lateral ligament. 



HUMAN TIBIi. AND FIB- 

 ULA OF EIGHT LEG ; 

 ANTERIOR ASPECT, 



1, Shaft of tibia ; 2, Inner 

 tuberosity ; 3, Outer 

 tubez-osity; 4, Spinous 

 process ; 5, Tubercle ; 6, 

 Internal surface of shaft ; 

 7, Lower extremity of 

 tibia ; 8, Internal mal- 

 leolus; 9, Shaft of fib- 

 ula ; 10, Its upper ex- 

 tremity ; 11, Its lower 

 exti-emity ; between 1 

 and 6 is the shai'p cre.^it 

 of the tibia. 



DORSAL SURFACE OF LEFT 

 HUMAN FOOT, 



1, Astragalus ; 2, Its An- 

 terior extremity articu- 

 lating with the cuboid 

 bone, 4 ; 3, 3, Calcis ; 

 4, Scaphoid ; 5, Inter- 

 nal €uneiform bone ; 6, 

 Middle cuneiform bone ; 

 7, External cuneiform 

 bone ; 8, Cuboid bone ; 



9, Metatarsal bones of 

 first and second toes ; 



10, First phalanx of 

 great toe; 11, Second 

 ditto; 12, 13, 14, Pha- 

 langes of second tnp. 



Article VI. — The Limbs in General and their Parallelish. 



A. The Limbs in G-eneeal. — The interrupted columns which compose 

 the limbs are destined not only to support the trunk in a stationary attitude, 

 but also to transport it during progression. This double destination gives rise 

 to a difference between the anterior and posterior members. The front limbs, 



