Royal Army Medical Corps training, 1908 / War Office.

Date:
1908
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Credit: Royal Army Medical Corps training, 1908 / War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the wrist. The ulna extends from the inner side of the elbow to the little finger side of the wrist. At its upper end is a pro- jection, called the olecranon, which forms the point of the elbow. There is a space between the radius and ulna. The bones of the hand are arranged in three rows: firstly, in the wrist, or carpus, are eight small bones, called the carpal bones ; 1, Carpus. 2, Metacarpus. 3, Phalanges. Fie. 7.—Fse Bones or THE Riqgut Hanp. secondly, a row of five long bones, called the metacarpus, forming the palm ; and lastly, three small bones, named the phalanges, for each finger and two for the thumb. : 11. Bones of the lower limb.—The lower limb is divided into the thigh, the leg, and the foot. The thigh is that portion which extends from the hip above to the knee below ; its one bone is named the femur or thigh bone, and is the largest and strongest in the body. At its upper end there is a rounded head, which fits into a deep cup-shaped depression in the <nnominate bone forming the hip joint ; below, the expanded end of the bone enters into the formation of the knee joint. Protecting the knee joint in front there is a small bone called the patella or knee-cap. The /eg, extending from the knee to the ankle, has two beues, a larger one lying on the inner or great toe side, called the ¢7bva or shin bone, upon the flat expanded head of which rests the lower end of the thigh bone, and a more slender one on the outer side,. called the fibula. ;