Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 44
supports and protects theirmore delicate tissues, whether chemically composed of ento-nioline, carbonate, or phosphate of lime; whether placed in-ternally or externally : or whatever may be its form ordimensions, presents levers and fulcra for the action of themuscular system, in all animals… … Fig. 4. Skeleton of the Deer (after Pander and DAlton). The bones in the ex-tremities of this the fleetest of quadrupeds are inclined very obliquely towardseach other, and towards the scapular and iliac bones. This arrangement in-creases the leverage of the muscular system and confers great…
Animal locomotion · Physiology · Aeronautics
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