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Section 93. the Following Table Presents These Bones in Something

Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata · H. G. Wells — chapter 93 of 285 · ~119 words · public domain

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like their relative positions. A closer approximation to the state of the case will be reached if the student will imagine the maxilla raised up so as to overlie and hide the palatine and presphenoid, the squamosal similarly overlying the periotic bone, and the jugal reaching between them. Membrane bones are distinguished by capital letters.

-Cranium_

-Nasal (paired), Ethmoid Bone (median), -Vomer -Frontal (paired), -Lachrymal (paired), Orbito-sphenoid (paired), Pre-sphenoid (median), Eye -Parietal (Paired), Ali-sphenoid (paired), Basi-sphenoid (median)*, Periotic Bone (paired) -Bulla (paired) Supra-occipital (median), Ex-occipital (paired), Basi-occipital (median)

-Upper Jaw_

-Pre-Maxilla_ (paired) Palatine (paired) Pterygoid (paired)

-Lower Jaw_

-Maxilla (paired) -Jugal (paired) -Squamosal_ (paired)

*In this table the small bones of the ear are simply indicated by an asterisk.

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