Phocæna, or The anatomy of a porpess dissected at Gresham Colledge: with a præliminary discourse concerning anatomy, and a natural history of animals.

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Phocæna, or The anatomy of a porpess dissected at Gresham Colledge: with a præliminary discourse concerning anatomy, and a natural history of animals.
Author
Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708.
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London :: printed for Benj. Tooke at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard,
1680.
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Porpoises -- Anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
Anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
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Fig. 10.

The Explication of the Skeleton.

A. The upper Maxilla or Ro∣strum.

aa. The two holes of the fistula or Spout.

B. Several protuberances on the Os Frontis.

cc. Two pyramidal processes of two bones that compose part of the Spiraculum or Spout.

d. One of the outward bones of the Rostrum.

e. One of the inward bones of the Rostrum.

f. The os Zygomaticum.

g. A large eminence in the Cranium and the sutura Coro∣nalis.

h. The sutura Lambdoidea.

i. The Teeth.

K. The lower Jaw.

m. The transverse process of the first vertebra of the neck call'd Atlas.

n. The Spinal process of the same Vertebra.

ooo. The Spinal processes of the other Vertebrae.

pp. Processes opposite to the Spinal processes consisting of two small bones, arising from the Car∣tilages that joyn the Vertebrae to∣gether.

Q. The Scapula. The bones of the fin are represented in the next figure.

rr. Two processes of the scapula.

SSS. The Ribs.

T. The Sternum.

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