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Title: Anatomy, physiology and hygiene
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: May, Charles Henry, 1861-1943
Subjects: Human anatomy Physiology Hygiene, Popular. (from old catalog)
Publisher: New York, W. Wood and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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-Three Vertebrse from the LowerPart of the Spinal Column, Separated. 32 ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HYGIENE. a large oval opening; through this opening the spinal cordand the brain are directly continuous. If you run your fingeralong the middle of the back, you can feel projecting points;these are the tips of the vertebrae. 40. The Hip-bones (#, Fig. 21 and Fig. 17), are the twolarge and strong bones which are placed on each side of thelower end of the spinal column, forming with it a sort of basinwhich is called the pelvis. On the outer side of each hip-bone,
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Fig. 17.—The Pelvis, formed by the Lower End of the Spinal Column and the Hip-bones. at about its middle, will be noticed a deep, round depression ;in this fits the upper end of the thigh-bone. 41. The Collar-bone, or Clavicle (Fig. 19, (7), is thecurved bone which we see at the upper part of the chest infront, being connected with the breast-bone at its inner end. 42. The Shoulder-blade, or Scapula (Fig. 19 B), is thelarge triangular bone which we see at the upper part of thechest, behind. It lies behind the upper ribs. At its outerangle is a round depression into which the upper ball-like endof the bone of the arm fits. 43. The Br east-bone, is also called the sternum (Fig.19, S) ; it is a flat bone which is broad above and gradually THE FRAMEWORK OR SKELETON. 33 tapers toward its lower end. It forms a strong guard to thefront of the chest. Along its edges the ribs are attached oneach side. 44. The Ribs.—There are twenty-four ribs, twelve on eachside. They are long, slender, cur

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