Identifier: textbookoffirsta00burn (find matches)
Title: A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Burnham, Athel Campbell, b. 1880
Subjects: Emergencies First Aid
Publisher: Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons

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ir size and location, without attemptingto learn their anatomical names. The Skeleton.—The bony framework of the body, takenas a whole, is known as the skeleton. The bones serveto give attachment to the muscles and act as a support forthe body and as an aid to locomotion. They also serve toprotect the delicate organs from external injury. Thus, thebrain is protected by the skull and the heart and lungs bythe ribs. They also serve as an aid and support for most ofthe voluntary actions. For instance, if the hands and armscontained no bones all of the ordinary movements would bedifficult or impossible. On the other hand, most of the invol-untary movements of the body, such as the heart action andthe digestion, go on without the direct aid of the skeleton. The skeleton is divided, for purposes of description, intothe head, the trunk and the extremities. The Head.—The head is made up of the cranium andthe bones of the face. The craniimi is a firm bony case ■28 ANATOMY AND PllYSlOLOay
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Fig. 2.—Front view of the adult skeleton: 1, frontal bone; 2, parietal bone;3, nasal bones; Jf, occipital bone; 5, orbit; 6, malar bone; 7, 7, upper and lowermaxillm; 8, nasal cavity; 9, cervical vertebra;; 10, clavicle; 11, scapula; 12,sternum; 13, ribs; IJf, IJt, dorsal and lumbar vertebra;; 15, 15, innominatebones: 16, sacrum; 17, humerus; 18, radius; 19, ulna; 20, carpus; 21, meta-carpus; 22, phalanges of hand; 23, femur; S-;, patella; 25, fibula; 26, tibia;27, OS calcis and astragalus; 28, cuneiform and ciiljoid bones; 29, metatarsus;30, phalanges of toes. THE HONES 29 which protects the l)raiu. It consists oF several Hatteiicflbones, forming when nnited a strong i)rotective covering,completely enclosing the delicate tissues of the brain. The

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