Hooper, Robert [Editor]: The Anatomist's Vade-Mecum: Containing The Anatomy, Physiology, Morbid Appearances, &c. Of The Human Body ; The Art of making Anatomical Preparations, &c. To which are added Anatomical, Physiological, Medical, And Surgical Examinations For Students (London, 1811)

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3. The eminences of bones enlarge theb substance, multi-
ply the different points of adhesion for muscles, and augment
their moving power, by removing their attachment from the
centre of motion.

4. Lastly, by the many moveable joints which bones form
we are allowed the. vast extent of power we enjoy .; and frac-
tures, which without them would continually be happening,
are prevented : joints also permit of the great extension which
bones experience during their growth.

When the bones are deprived of their soft parts, and hung
together in their natural situation by means of wire, the
whole is termed an artificial skeleton: but when they are
Kept together by means of their ligaments, it is called a natU'
ral skeleton.

A Table of the Bands.

r

Os frontis

(

\ Ossa parietaha

The bones of the cranium) Os occipiti

or skull \ Ossa temporalia

' Os cthmoides
sphaenoides

The bones of the face

No.
1

— 2
—- 1

__ g

— 1

— 1

(Ossa maxillariasuperiora 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

o

Denies, or teeth

Bone of the tongue, or

Bones of the internal far,
j situated within the
[ temporal bone

----jugalia

I----nasalia

J---lachrvmalia —

.----palatina —

I--spongiosa inferiora

I Os vomer —
k.— maxiiiare inferior

Incisores —

Ciispidati —

Bicuspides —

Molares ■—

Sapientiac —

Oshyoidcs —

Mallei — —

Inoi —• —

\ Ossa orbicularia —

v. Stapides —

2
1
1
8
4
8
B
4
1
g

2
2
2