An introduction to the osteology of the Mammalia : being the substance of the course of lectures delivered at the Royal college of surgeons of England in 1870 / By William Henry Flower.

  • Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899.
Date:
1870
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Credit: An introduction to the osteology of the Mammalia : being the substance of the course of lectures delivered at the Royal college of surgeons of England in 1870 / By William Henry Flower. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from each other. For this purpose a young animal, still retaining the milk teeth, will be best.^ The skull has a longitudinal central axis {the cranio-facial Fir,. 45.—Longitudinal and vertical section of the skull or a Dog (Canis familinris), with mandible and hyoid arch, \. an anterior narial aperture; yl/7' maxillo- turbinal bone ; ET ethmo-turbiiial ; Na nasal ; ME ossified portion of the mesethmoid ; CE cribriform plate of the ethmo-turbinal ; Fr frontal; Pa parietal ; IP interparietal; SO supraoccipital ; ExO exoccipital ; BO basioccipital ; Per periotic ; b.asisphenoid ; Ft pterygoid; AS alisphenoid ; O.V orbitosphenoid ; PS presphenoid ; PI palatine ; Vo vomer; Mx maxilla ; PMx premaxilla ; sh stylohyal; eh epihyal: cli ceratohyal ; bfi basihyal ; tli thyrohyal ; j symphysis of mandible ; cf) coronoid process ; ed condyle ; a angle ; id inferior dental canal ; the mandible is displaced downwards to show its entire form ; the * indicates the part of the cranium to which the condyle is articulated. axis, Huxley), around which all its parts are arranged, and its structure will be best understood by commencing with the description of the bones forming this axis. ^ When the zoologist wishes to throw into the strongest relief the distinctive characters of different species, he selects for comparison fully adult examples ; when the anatomist wislies to trace their community of structure and their resemblances, younger specimens are better adapted for his purpose.