[Illustration: FIG. 1. Deformed by tight-lacing.]
[Illustration: FIG. 2. A natural, well-shaped chest.]
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QUESTIONS ON THE DESCRIPTION OF THE BONES.
Point to the skull.
Of what is it made?--"Several bones united together."
How are the skull bones united?--"Like two saws with their toothed edges
hooked into each other."
What do you mean by _toothed_?--"Having points, like teeth."
What covers the skull?--"Flesh, skin, and hair."
Of what use is the skull?--"It protects the brain."
What is the brain?--"That part of my body in which the thinking is done."
Where is the spine?--"It extends from the base of my skull behind, down the
middle of my back."
What do you mean by _extends_?--"Goes from."
What do you mean by _base_?--"The lower part of anything."
Of what is the spine made?--"Of about twenty-four short bones, with
cartilage between them."
What is cartilage?--"An elastic substance, harder than flesh, but softer
than bone."
How are the bones of the spine placed?--"They are piled one upon the
other."
What do you mean by _forming_?--"Making."
What do you mean by _upright_?--"In a vertical position."
What do you mean by _flexible_?--"Easily bent.
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