Metacarpo phalangeal and interphalangeal joints.

Finger Joint

Metacarpo phalangeal and interphalangeal joints.

Section passing through the middle third of the first phalanx of the middle finer. The tendon of the flexor sublimis digitorum is divided into two small bands, which spread laterally and engage themselves between the osseous plane and the Flexor profundus digitorum.

Section Through the Finger

Section passing through the middle third of the first phalanx of the middle finer. The tendon of the…

The bones of the right foot, viewed from above.

Bones of the Foot

The bones of the right foot, viewed from above.

The bones of the right hand.

Bones of the Hand

The bones of the right hand.

The phalanges of the fingers (palmar aspect).

Phalanges

The phalanges of the fingers (palmar aspect).

The phalanges of the toes (dorsal aspect).

Phalanges

The phalanges of the toes (dorsal aspect).

Phalanges of right second toe, plantar surface.

Phalanges of Second Toe

Phalanges of right second toe, plantar surface.

Horizontal section through the middle of the first phalanx.

Phalanx

Horizontal section through the middle of the first phalanx.

Perhaps the earliest people to form real cities in the western region of the world, were a people of mysterious origin called Sumerians. This drawing is a very early Sumerian stone carving showing Sumerian warriors in phalanx.

Stone Carvings of Sumerian Warriors

Perhaps the earliest people to form real cities in the western region of the world, were a people of…

"Skeleton of Egyptian Vulture. (Neophron percnopterus), to show bones of bird. a, post-orbital process; b, lower jaw; c, cervical vertebra; co, coracoid bone; d, humerus; e, radius; f, ulna; g, metacarpus; h, second phalanx of chief digit of wing; h, phalanges of lower digit; h'', first phalanx of chief digit; i, clavicle; k, sternum; l, pelvis; m, coccyx; n, femur; o, tibia; p, tarso-metatarsus; q, phalanges of foot." — Winston's Encyclopedia, 1919

Vulture Skeleton

"Skeleton of Egyptian Vulture. (Neophron percnopterus), to show bones of bird. a, post-orbital process;…