"Humerus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... (pectoral limb) consists of an upper arm bone, the humerus (hum.) the distal end of which is deeply excavated by the olecranon fossa (o.f.) as indicated by the dotted lines; of two bones, the ulna (u.) and radius (r.) which are firmly bound by ligament in the position of the figure (i.e., with the palm of the hand downward, "prone"); ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells
... are allowed an unusual amount of freedom with women, are those who practise the art of making musical instruments and eating-vessels out of human bones. The skull is used for making drinking-cups, tsamba bowls, and single and double drums, and the humerus, femur, and tibia bones are turned into trumpets and pipes. These particular Lamas are said to relish human blood, which they drink out of the cups made from ...
— In the Forbidden Land • Arnold Henry Savage Landor
... of corresponding dimensions, and the upper-third of a right ulna corresponding to the humerus and radius. ...
— Lectures and Essays • T.H. Huxley
... elements and enlargement of the axial bone, until the force exerted by each limb came to act directly through its axis in the line of motion. This concentration is well seen—e.g., in the fore-limb. There was, first, a change in the scapula and humerus, especially in the latter, which facilitated motion in one line only; second, an expansion of the radius and reduction of the ulna, until the former alone remained entire and effective; third, a shortening of all the carpal bones ...
— A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams |
