Dissection of the Platana and the Frog

by J. D. F. Gilchrist; Cecil von Bonde

Skeletal System (continued).

A. The Pectoral and Pelvic Girdles and Limbs.

1. Detach a fore-limb with the remaining parts of the pectoral girdle. Make a preparation showing these various parts:—

Supra-scapula, scapula, remainders of the clavicle and the coracoid, humerus, radio-ulna, carpal bones, and digits. Draw these parts.

Fig. 11.—Pectoral Girdle of Xenopus and Rana.

2. Detach the pelvic girdle from the transverse processes of the 9th vertebra. Remove it with the hind-limbs from the body. Detach the femur from one side of the pelvic girdle, and make a sketch showing the following parts of the pelvic girdle:—Acetabulum, ilium, ischium, and pubis.

Fig. 12.—Pelvic Girdle of Xenopus and Rana.

Make a preparation and a sketch showing the femur, tibia-fibula, astragalus, calcaneum and the other bones of the tarsal region, five metatarsals, and digits. Number the digits from the inner side.