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For this effect is placed at the most prominent spot. This head is therefore like a seat on a column formed by several bones called vertebrae. These are bones stacked one on top of the other, joined together by their joints, and bound by cartilage to make the movement smoother. This column descends along the spine, from the head, and rests on a kind of yoke, composed of several bones well-bound together, into which the thigh bones fit. Attached to each of these are two bones, of which the leg is composed, and which join with those of the feet to support the entire structure when the man is standing.

Returning to this column on which the head rests; the part immediately beneath the head is called the neck. At the base of the neck, there are flattened and curved bones like small arches, which arise from the first vertebrae of the spine, and join in front to a bone called the sternum, commonly known as the breastbone. The bones attached to the following vertebrae, which also come around to join the breastbone, have the same curve as the previous ones, but they have more circumference: these are known as the large or true ribs. Below these large ribs, there are others that come out from each side of the lower vertebrae, but do not join the breastbone: they are called false ribs. Thus, there are twelve ribs on each side, seven large or true, and five false, making a total of twenty-four ribs.

At the same place that serves as the base of the neck, there are in front two bones that also slightly bend at each end; they are called crossing bones, or clavicles.

Translation Notes

Vertèbres - Vertebrae or spinal bones.
Sternum/Brechet - Sternum, commonly known as the breastbone.
Grandes côtes - Large or true ribs.
Fausses côtes - False ribs.
Os traversiers/Clavicules - Crossing bones or clavicles.