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THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH TABLE.
HAVING Examin'd the Muscles of the Limbs and most of those of the Head, Trunk and other Parts of the Body, and taken Notice of many of the most Remarkable Ligaments in divers Articulations of the Bones: We come next to View the Whole Compages of the Bones when Dried, call'd the Ske∣leton; the Fore-part of which is Represented in this Table. If you Exa∣mine the Proper Situation of each Bone, you will find none of them plac'd in a Perpendicular Bearing to each other: Above Two Thirds of the Whole Head, Projects from its Articulation with the Vertebrae of the Neck: The Whole Ribs and Sternum which Compose the Fore-part of the Thorax, to∣gether with all its Viscera, as well as the Viscera of the Lower Belly, Pro∣ject from the Vertebrae of the Back and Loins: The Claviculae whose Positions are Horizontal, Sup∣port the Arms, by their Connections with the Scapulae: The Articulations of the Thigh-bones are not Perpendicular to the Grand Fulciment of the Head and Trunk; (i.e. the Whole Vertebrae,) but are plac'd before it. The Thigh-bones Stand Obliquely Inwards, and so do the Tibiae, tho' not in so great a Manner. We Stand either on the Extremity of the Os Calcis, and Ball of the Great Toe together; or else on the Ball of the Great Toe only, as on Tip-Toe.
A, The Forehead-bone Divided into Two Parts, by means of a Continuation of the Longitudi∣nal Suture, which may be seen in divers Subjects as here Exprest; nor do's such an Appearance De∣termine the Sex as some pretend.
B, The Bregma.
C, The Temple-bone call'd Squamosum.
D, The Yoke-bone or Os Iugale Compos'd of Two Process's; the one deriv'd Backwards from the Os Squamosum; the other Forwards from the First Bone of the Upper Jaw.
E, The Fourth Bone of the Upper Jaw.
F, The Lower Jaw-bone.
G, The Teeth call'd Incisores.
H, The First Rib near its Articulation with the Vertebrae of the Neck.
I, The Clavicula on the Right Side.
K, The Processus Coracoides Scapulae on the Left Side.
L, The Sternum or Brest-bone.
M M, &c. The Seven True Ribs.
N N, &c. The Five Bastard Ribs, call'd Nothae or Spuriae.
O O, &c. Divers of the Twelve Vertebrae of the Back.
P P, &c. Four of the Five Vertebrae of the Loins; the Uppermost being hid by the Cartilages of the Bastard Ribs.
Q, The Os Ilium.
R, Its Conjunction with the Os Pubis in the Acetabulum.
S, The Os Pubis.
T, The Os Sacrum.
V, The Upper-part of the Ossa Pubis, behind which, is the Os Coccygis, not to be seen in this Po∣sition.
W, The Os Humeri or Shoulder-bone.
X, The Ulna, Exprest in its Whole Length in the Left Arm.
Y, The Radius; between which and Z, are contain'd the Eight Bones of the Carpus.
Z, The Bones of the Hand, particularly those of the Metacarpus.
1, The Thigh-bone.
2, The Patella or Knee-pan.
3, The Tibia.
4, The Fibula.
5, The Bones of the Foot.