11) hock 1. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...1a. The tarsal joint of the hind leg of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, corresponding to the human ankle but bending in the opposite direction. b. A joint...
12) Fitness not the Cause of Beauty. Burke, Edmund. 1909-14. On the Sublime and
Beautiful. The Harvard Classics
...other creatures; at least they have not that appearance: yet, I believe, a well-fashioned human leg will be allowed to far exceed all these in beauty. If the fitness...
13) member. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...c. Mathematics An element in a set. 2. A part or an organ of a human or animal body, as: a. A limb, such as an arm or a leg. b. The penis. 3. A part of a plant. 4....
14) triskelion. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...also triˇskeles A figure consisting of three curved lines or branches, or three stylized human arms or legs, radiating from a common center. New Latin, from Greek...
15) tarsus. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...section of the vertebrate foot between the leg and the metatarsus. b. The bones making up this section, especially the seven small bones of the human ankle. 2. A...
16) knee. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...encloses and supports this joint. 2. An analogous joint or part of a leg of a quadruped vertebrate. 3. Something resembling the human knee, such as a bent piece of...
17) VI. The Arteries. 1F. The Posterior Tibial Artery. Gray, Henry. 1918.
Anatomy of the Human Body.
...it extends obliquely downward, and, as it descends, it approaches the tibial side of the leg, lying behind the tibia, and in the lower part of its course is situated...
18) 9. Monkeys, Apes and Sub-men. Wells, H.G. 1922. A Short History of the
World
...By the middle Cainozoic period there have appeared various apes with many quasi-human attributes of the jaws and leg bones, but it is only as we approach these Glacial...
19) IV. Myology. 8. The Muscles and Fascić of the Lower Extremity. a. The
Muscles and Fascić of the Iliac Region. Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the
Human Body.
...different regions of the limb. 1 I. Muscles of the Iliac Region. III. Muscles of the Leg. II. Muscles of the Thigh. IV. Muscles of the Foot. The Muscles and Fascić...
20) VI. The Arteries. 6d. The Anterior Tibial Artery. Gray, Henry. 1918.
Anatomy of the Human Body.
...above the upper border of the interosseous membrane, to the deep part of the front of the leg: it here lies close to the medial side of the neck of the fibula. It...
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