Object Lessons on the Human Body - A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City by Sarah F. Buckelew;Margaret W. Lewis
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How many joints has your leg?--"Three joints: my hip joint, my knee joint,
my ankle joint." What are joints?--"Bending places." How many kinds of joints have you?--"Two: hinge joints, and ball-and-socket joints." What kind of a joint is the shoulder joint?--"A ball-and-socket joint." Why do you call the shoulder joint a ball-and-socket joint?--"Because at the shoulder the arm may move in any direction." Tell how the shoulder joint is made.--"The upper end of the bone of the upper arm is rounded and fastened in a hollow place called a socket." Which of the joints of the arm and hand are hinge joints?--"The elbow joint, the wrist joint, the thumb joint, the finger joints." Which of the joints of the leg and foot are hinge joints?--"The knee joint, the ankle joint, the toe joint." Which of the joints of the leg is a ball-and-socket joint?--"The hip joint." Where is the heel?--"At the back part of the foot." Where is the ball of the foot?--"On the sole of the foot, behind the great toe." |
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