The Pelvis.  — The pelvis is an irregular-shaped basin, formed by the hip bones and the pubic bones in front.  In the upper and back part is the foot of the spinal column, consisting of a wedge-shaped bone called the sacrum.  It is observed firmly planted between the wide spreading hip bones of the pelvis, [...]

The Ribs.– the ribs are twenty-four in number, arranged in pairs, well moneyed set in the chest.  At the back they are fastened to the spine, confront the seven upper pairs are tied by cartilages to the breast bone, three are fastened to each other in the cartilage above, and two, the floating ribs, are [...]