 | William Kirby, William Spence - Insects - 1826 - 792 pages
...consist of Jive pieces, which Entomologists have denominated — the coxa or hip — the ttochanter — the femur or thigh — the tibia or shank — and...vertebrate animals : thus, as you will see in the table, 1 call the whole fore-leg the brachium or arm ; and the coxa becomes the claviada or collar-bone ;... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Physiology - 1854 - 794 pages
...of each other, we now distinguish the diversely-formed parts which are knowH as the coxa or "hip," the femur or "thigh," the tibia or "shank," and the tarsus or "foot" — names which, suggested by the analogy of animals constructed upon a plan essentially different,... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1856 - 792 pages
...the habits of life of different species. The entire limb usually consists of five divisions, namely, the coxa or hip, the trochanter, the femur or thigh, the tibia or shank, and the tarsus or foot ; and this last portion is made up of several successive joints. The typical number of these joints... | |
 | William Edward Shuckard - Apidae - 1866 - 482 pages
...hip-joint ; the trochanter, which is a small joint forming the connection between this and the next joint the femur, or thigh ; the tibia, or shank ; and the tarsus, or foot. The latter consists of five joints, declining in length from the first, which is generally as long... | |
 | Wellington College - 1871 - 250 pages
...these are constantly added to. The leg of the beetle is naturally divided into the coxa or hinge-plate, the trochanter, the femur or thigh, the tibia or shank, and the tarsus. Beetles are usually classified according to the joints of the Tarsi. So we get the following divisions... | |
 | California. Legislature - California - 1874 - 446 pages
...analogy to the limbs of vertebrated animals, the joints have received the names of the coxa, or hip; the femur, or thigh; the tibia, or shank; and the tarsus, or foot — the latter having two or more joints. All articulated animals have a nutritive, a circulatory,... | |
 | Joseph Henry Wythe - 1877 - 584 pages
...These organs vary with the habits of life in different species. The limb consists of five divisions: the coxa or hip, the trochanter, the femur or thigh, the tibia or shank, and the tarsus or foot. This last has usually five joints, but sometimes less. The Coleoptera are subdivided into groups, according... | |
 | Joseph Henry Wythe - Microscopes - 1877 - 374 pages
...of life in different species. The limb consists of five divisions: the coxa or hip, the trochantcr, the femur or thigh, the tibia or shank, and the tarsus or foot. This last has usually five joints, but sometimes less. The Coleoptera are subdivided into groups, according... | |
 | Joseph Henry Wythe - 1880 - 942 pages
...These organs vary with the habits of life in different species. The limb consists of five divisions: the coxa or hip, the trochanter, the femur or thigh, the tibia or shank, and the tarsus or foot. This last has usually five joints, but sometimes less. The Coleoptera are subdivided into groups, according... | |
 | Joseph Henry Wythe - Microscopes - 1883 - 498 pages
...These organs vary with the habits of life in different species. The limb consists of five divisions : the coxa or hip, the trochanter, the femur or thigh, the tibia or shank, and the tarsus or foot. This last has usually five joints, but sometimes less. The Coleoptera are subdivided into groups, according... | |
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The limb consists of five divisions: the coxa or hip, the trochanter, the femur or thigh, the tibia or shank, and the tarsus or foot. 
