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The rolling
ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
articulations of the two bones of the
Fig. 26 forearm, allowing tho
hand to be turned in every
direction, and the combi
nation of small bones,
forming the flexible joint
of the wrist, and the flex
ible arch of the foot.
1. Lower end of the radius.
2. Lower end of the ulna. 3. In-
terarticular cartilages, attached
to the styloid process of the ulna,
and to the margin of the articu
lar surface of the radius. S. Tho
scaphoid. L. Semilunar. C.
Cuneiform. P. Pisiform. T.
Trapezium. T. Trapezoides. M.
the carpus. . Os magnum. U. Unciform.
Other points of interest may
be noted in our subse
quent observations.
The bones are soft and flexible in infancy, hard and
brittle in old age. When broken, they are usually re
paired in five or six weeks by the deposition of new bony
matter from the blood. But where pieces are taken
from the skull, they are replaced by dense membrane ;
Bnd under the capsular ligament, at the hip joint, and in
often refuse to unite.
states of disease, they
OF THE MUSCLES.
A muscle is a bundle of very minute fibers, each con
tained in a separate sheath, and each having the pro
perty of contracting
Btimulus. As the whole muscle contracts, by
under the nervous or other similar
the con
traction of its fibers, contracting in its length, and ex-