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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DIGITI PEDIS.

The great toe is composed of two, and the other toes of
three small bones, called phalanges. The general account of
fingers will apply to the bonis of the toes.

Joints. The joints of the toes are something like those »f
the fingers, they have their capsular ligaments.

OSS A SESAMOIDEA.

The sesamoid bones are of the size of a small pea, and si-
tuated occasionally about the joints of the thumb and great
t«e.

COLOUR OF BONES.

The natural colour of recent bones is various: in the fetus
they are red ; blueish in youth ; and white in old age.

By feeding animals, as pigs, pigeons, rabbits, &c. with
madder, the bones become of a beautiful red colour.

VESSELS AND NERVES OF BONES.

Bones have always their arteries arising from contiguous
trunks, and their veins return the blood into those in the
neighbourhood. In the larger and cylindrical bones there is
a canal for these vessels. The nerves pass in, along with the
arteries, from contiguous branches. The absorbents come out
with the veias.