40 THE FROG chap. 



4. The suspensoria {siis), a pair of outstanding rods, 

 springing from the outer and upper portions of the auditory 

 capsules, and directed downwards, outwards and backwards. 

 To them the ends of the lower jaw are attached. 



5. The upper jaiv, a half-circle of bone and cartilage, 

 united in front to the olfactory capsules and behind to the 

 auditory capsules and suspensoria. On each side of the 

 skull, between the cranium and upper jaw, is a large space, 

 the orhit, in which the eye is contained. 



6. The lower jaw^ a roughly semicircular bar of bone and 

 cartilage, articulated at each end with the corresponding 

 suspensorium. 



7. The tongue-cartilage or hyoid {b. hy), a. shield-shaped 

 cartilage connected by delicate curved rods {a. c. liy) with 

 the auditory capsules. 



On the posterior surface of the brain-case is a large hole, 

 the foramen iimgiuim (fig. 9, c, for. 7nng), on each side of 

 the lower edge of which is an oval elevation covered with 

 cartilage, the occipital condyle {oe. cii). The foramen magnum 

 leads into the cavitv in which the brain is contained. If the 

 first vertebra is placed in its natural position with regard to the 

 skull it will be seen that the foramen magnum corresponds 

 with the neural canal of the vertebra, and that the condyles 

 fit into its articular surfaces. Thus the skull readily moves 

 up and down upon the \ertebra, the condyles acting as 

 rockers ; a space between the neural arch and the dorsal 

 edge of the foramen magnum covered by membrane in 

 the fresh state, allows of the requisite amount of pla\-. 



The discriiiiinaliDii of the separate bones of the skull is rather 

 difficult, and may very well lie omitted hy the lieginner at the present 

 stage. 



The occipital condyles are borne on a pair of irregular bones 

 (l'.\.(JC) which bound the sides of the foramen magnum, nearly imitini^ 



