The anatomy of humane bodies epitomized wherein all parts of man's body, with their actions and uses, are succinctly described, according to the newest doctrine of the most accurate and learned modern anatomists / by a Fellow of the College of Physicians, London.

CHAP. XXIV.

Of the rest of the Bones of the Foot.

THE Metatarsus,* 1.1 or Instep, hath five Bones: for one is appointed for the sustaining of the great Toe, as well as others for each of the rest; though in the Hand it is not so, where the Thumb has no Bone in the Metacarpus answering to it.

They are solid without, but hollow within; and are longer than the Bones of the back of the Hand. That which stayeth the great Toe is thickest, but the longest is that which stayeth the next Toe: the other three grow each shorter than other, but are almost of an equal thickness. Their lower ends being round are inserted into the Sinus of the first joints of the Toes: but the upper in their own shallow Sinus receive the Bones of the Tarsus.

The Bones of the Toes are in number fourteen;* 1.2 for the great Toe hath only two, but the rest three. These bones are solid without, and hollow within like those of the Instep. Their articulation is altogether like that of the Fingers, so that we shall not need here to describe it over again.

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Each Foot has twelve Ossa sesamoidea, as well as the Hands: but seeing they are seated wholly alike in both, the Reader may please to turn back to their description in Chap. 20.

The Explanation of the Figure.

• It representeth the Sceleton of an adult Body on the foreside, that the mutual contexture of all the Bones may appear.
• A The Forehead-bone.
• bb The Coronal Suture.
• C The Temple-bone.
• d The Mammillary Pro∣cess.
• E The Os jugale.
• F The upper Jaw.
• GG The lower Jaw.
• hhh The Vertebrae of the Neck.
• iiiii The Ribs.
• KK The Breast-bone.
• LL The Channel-bones.
• MM The inner side of each Shoulder-blade.
• NN The Shoulder-bone.
• OO Its Head jointed with the Shoulder-blade.
• PP Its lower end that is inarticulated with the Ulna & Radius, where
• q points at the inner Tu∣bercle, and
• r at the outer.
• SS The Bone of the Cubit called Ulna.
• TT The other Bone of the Cubit called Radius.
• YY The Wrist consisting of eight little Bones.
• ZZ The Metacarpus ha∣ving four Bones.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 The Fingers.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 The Thumb.

The following Letters point at the lower Bones of the Sceleton.

• Aaaaa The ••ive Verte∣brae of the Loins.
• BB The inner side of Os sacrum.
• ...

• ... CC The cavity of Os Ilium, making a great part of the Pelvis.
• DD The Coxendix.
• EE The Ossa pubis.
• F The middle line that joins the two Bones of the Pubes together, by the mediation of a Car∣tilage.
• GG The Thigh-bone.
• hh Its round Head.
• ii Its Neck.
• kk The outer Process of its Neck, or the greater Trochanter.
• ll The inner Process, or lesser Trochanter.
• mmmm The lower heads of the Thigh-bone.
• NN The Patella or Knee-pan.
• OO The Tibia.
• pPPP Its upper Proces∣ses.
• rr Its Spine that makes the Shin.
• ss Its lower Process that makes the inner Ankle.
• TT The Fibula.
• uu Its lower Process that makes the outer Ankle.
• XX The Tarsus consist∣ing of seven Bones.
• ... The Astragalus.
• The Heel bone.
• d The Os cubiforme.
• YY The Metatarsus con∣sisting of five Bones.
• ZZ The Bones of the Toes, in all fourteen, viz. two of the great Toe, and three of each of the rest.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The bones of the In∣step five.
• * 1.2

  Of the Toes fourteen.