First book on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : for grammar schools and families : with eighty-three engravings / by Calvin Cutter.

  • Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873?
Date:
1875, ©1854
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Credit: First book on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : for grammar schools and families : with eighty-three engravings / by Calvin Cutter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Toronto, Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, University of Toronto.

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    CHAPTER II. THE BONES. 12. The b)neg are firm and hard, and of a dull white color In all the higher orders of animals, among which is man, they are in the interic r of the body, while in lobsters, crabs, &c., they are on the outside, forming a case, which protects the movable parts from injury. ANATOMY OF THE BONES. 13. There are two hundred and eight* bones in the human body, beside tne teeth. 14. These, for convenience, are divided into four parts: 1st. The bones of the Head, 2d. The bones of the Trunk. 3d. Tne bones of the Upper Extremities. 4lh. The bones of the Lower Extremities. 15. The bones of the head are divided into those of tho SkuU^ Ear^ and Face. 16. The SKULL is formed of eight bones. These are joined together by ragged edges, called sut'ures. (Fig. 2.) Observation. The sutures stop, in a measure, the jars caused by external blows. Children should never strilie each • Some anatomists reckon more than this number, others less, for the reason that, at different periods of life, the number of pieces of which one bone is formed, varies. Example. The breast-bone, in infancy, has eight pieces; in youth, three; in old age, but one, 12. Describe the bones. 13. How many bones in the human body? 14. How are they div'ded? Name them. 15 —18. Give the anatomy of thA hones of the head. 15. How are the bones of the head divided ? 16. How many bones in the skull ? How are the bones of the skull joined togetbei *