The anatomy of the human body / [William Cheselden].

William Cheselden

Date:: 1732

Credit: The anatomy of the human body / [William Cheselden]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$frequently obferved {mall bones, called Offa Tis fe iii. quetra. a : SuTURA SQUAMOSA , is made by the Tab.iii.. wrapping of the upper part of the temporal and* fphenoidal bones over the lower ee of the a rietal bones. SuTuRA TRANSVERSALIS, runs acrofs Tabiii.v. the face, through the bottoms of the orbits of the eyes; it joins the lower edge of the frontal bone to the Os Sphenoides, Maxillze Superioris, Offa Ungues, Palati, Plana, and Jugalia, or Ma- Jarum. THe {cull being thus divided into many Hofee! is neither fo fubje@ to fractures, nor to have fra- tures fo far extended, as it would have been were It compofed of one bone only. This ftructure is alfo convenient for the offification of the bones (as has been fhewn in the firft chapter) and for the birth, becaufe thefe bones not being perfect at that time, may be prefied together and make the head lefs, Ten of the bones of the head compofe the {cull to contain the brain. ‘Thefe fhall be firft . defcribed. | | Ossa PARIETALIA Of BREGMATIS, are Tabiiii. 7. two large bones which compofe the fuperior and lateral parts of the fcull; on the infide they are yay viii, remarkably imprinted by the arteries of the Dura 4. Mater. Us Os Fronvis, makes the upper and fore- fabiii.6. part of the Cranium; its lower parts compote the upper parts of the orbits of the eyes. On its in- _,,, fide are impreffed the external figure of the two ms hemifpheres$

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