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Title: Anatomy, physiology and hygiene for high schools
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Hewes, Henry Fox, 1867-
Subjects: Physiology Health education (Secondary) Human anatomy
Publisher: New York : American Book Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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each side.Each bone attaches to the sacrumand arches round to meet its fel-low, the two together forming acomplete arch. The cup-shapedcavity thus formed is called thepelvic cavity. The skeleton of the upper limbsconsists of a series of bones. The humerus, a long bone, ar-ticulates with the scapula by aball-and-socket joint. At theother end of the humerus twobones, the radius (Latin, a>spoke) and idna (Latin, el- ^^bow), articulate with it, form-ing the elbow joint. These twobones, which form the skeletonof the forearm, run parallel fromthe elbow to the wi-ist. The %vrist is made up of eightsmall carpal (Greek Mrpos, wrist) bones, which articulate with the lower extremity of the radius and with one another,forming the wrist joint and the lower part of the hand. To these bones are attached the metacarpal (Greek meta, after, and Mrpos, wrist) bones of the hand, and to thesethe first phalanx (Greek, battalion) of each finger andthumb. Each finger has three phalanges, one articulating
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Phalanges Arm. 46 PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE to the end of the other. The thumb has two. The fingersare shaped and put together in the hand in a way to allow their doing various and del-icate tasks. Their varyinglength makes them fit per-fectly into the hollow of thehand. These bones are all articu-lated by joints and attachedby ligaments. They are soarranged as to allow of avery free motion. The skeleton of the lowerlimbs corresponds in its gen-eral plan with that of theupper. The femur, correspondingto the humerus, articulateswith the pelvic girdle. Tothe femur articulate the tihia(Latin tihia, a flute or pipe)and fihula (Latin/ a buckle )at the knee. Seven tarsal(Greek tarsos, instep)bones, which articulate withthe tibia and fibula and withone another, make the ankleand beginning of the/oof. To the tarsals are appendedthe metatarsals (Greek meta,after, and farsos, instep), and to these the phalanges,two for the big toe and three for each of the others. In addition to these bones the sk

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