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The anatomy of human bodies epitomiz'd : wherein all the parts of man's body, with their actions and uses, are succinctly describ'd, according to the newest doctrine of the most accurate and learned modern anatomists / by Tho. Gibson.

  • Gibson, Thomas, 1647-1722.
Date:
1688
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Credit: The anatomy of human bodies epitomiz'd : wherein all the parts of man's body, with their actions and uses, are succinctly describ'd, according to the newest doctrine of the most accurate and learned modern anatomists / by Tho. Gibson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Apophy- fis, or Epiphy fis. Ufer Articuliq £4037, called Apophy/is, a Proce’, or elfe it is like an ads ditional Bone growing to another, by fimple and immediate contiguity, (and generally fofter and more porous than it) and is called Epiphy/is, an Appendage. \f the Protuberance @f the Bone be round, it is called its Caput ; under which is the Cervix, as in the upper end of the Thigh-bone : If it be flat, it is called Comdylus ; if fharp, Corone, Other Protuberances or Procefles are named from the fimilitude they have to other things, as Sryloi- des, Carocoides, Oc. Their w/es are many; for they ferve, 1. For the firmitude and fuftentation of the body, like beams and pillars in houfes: 2. For a defencé to fome parts; fo the Skull defends the Brain, the Ribs the parts contained in the Breaft; 3, For progref- fion or walking, of which they, with the Mufcles, are the only infiruments: 4, They give fhape to the parts of the body. ‘Thefe are their general ufes; as to their particular ufes,thofe will be fhewns as we defcribe them feverally. CH Age oe Of the different conjunctions of Bones one to another. B Ones are joined to one another,either by 47- ticulation Or jointing; or elfe by Symphyjis, or growing together. | Articulation is either for manifeft , or obfcure motion. The former is called Diarthrofis , bee caufe the articulation is loofe, the later, Synar- throfis,