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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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ingersare 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 skeleton of the lower limbsincludes the jyateJla (Latin patina, a pan), or kneecap, a Fibula
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Tarsals Mttatarsali Phalanges THE SKELETON 47 small bone which lies in the tendon of the muscles whichextend the leg. The formation of the limhs is adapted to their function.Since the chief function of the limbs is extended motion,they are made up of long bones articulated by joints whichallow very free motion. Lightness and strength are com-bined as far as possible in the bones. As the arm and handare used for reach and prehension, the joints are very free.The leg, being used for support as well as motion, is morefirmly bound to the trunk, and the joints are less loose. Thesmall bones of the foot and ankle are arranged in the formof a springy arch to carry the body more easily in locomotion.The marked differences between the two sets of limbs areseen only in man and the monke)s, as it is only in these ani-mals that the two sets are used for such different purposes. The skull, or skeleton of the head and face, rests by its pos-terior bone, the occipital bone, upon the upper bone of th

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