Copy 1, Volume 1

A compendium of the anatomy of the human body / [Andrew Fyfe].

  • Andrew Fyfe
Date:
1807
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A compendium of the anatomy of the human body / [Andrew Fyfe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The perpendicular Spine, running through the middlé -of the two Arches, and separating the Muscles of the opposite sides. The unequal Edges of the Foramen Magnum, for the insertion of Ligaments, by which the Head is gh to the Vertebre of the Neck. The inferior Angle, contrary to the rest of the Bone, flattened and stretched forwards in form of a wedge; hence called Cuneiform Process, or, from its situation, Basilar Process. The unequal Surface of the Cuneiform Process, for the attachment of the Recti Anteriores Muscles. The Condyles placed at the Base of the Cuneiform Pro- cess, and at the fore and lateral parts of the Foramen Magnum, for the Articulation with oe Atlas, or first Vertebra of the Neck. The oval form and smooth bethisianous surface of the Condyles, corresponding with the superior articulating Processes of the Atlas. The Condyles run obliquely forwards and inwards, and are deepest at their inner parts; in consequence of which they are prevented from sliding to.either side out of the cavities of the Atlas. In some Subjects, each of the Condyles is more or les¢ divided, giving the appearance of two Prominences. Round their Roots, the surface is unequal, for the at- tachment of their Capsular Ligaments. The vough Prominences between the Condyles and Mas- toid Processes of the Temporal Bones, for the insertion of the Recti Capitis Laterales Muscles; and, anterior to C2 these,