A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.612.5

v1.c25.612.5

191 each toe possesses three bones; there are five metatarsal bones (pādaśalākā) 192 and one bone connecting them (śalākāpratibandhana); 193 two bones are present in each kūrca, 194 ankle (gulpha) 195 and lower leg, 196 while heel (pārṣṇi), 197 knee 198 and thigh 199 possess one bone; the same distribution is found in the arms (5.40); the ribs (parśuka) 200 are twenty-four in number; 201 there are as many sthalakas and arbudas; 202 the back possesses thirty, 203 the anterior part of the chest eight bones; 204 the bhaga 205 and trika 206 have one bone each; each nitamba has one bone; 207 there are two akṣakas, amsas and amsaphalakas 208 (5.41); one bone is present in each cheek (gaṇḍa), ear and temple; 209 there is one bone in the jatru 210 and one in the palate (tālu); 211 the neck (grīvā) has thirteen, 212 the trachea (kaṇṭhanāḍī) four bones; 213 there are two bones in the jaw (hanubandhana); 214 the teeth are thirty-two in number; 215 there are as many sockets (ulūkhala) of the teeth; 216 three bones are present in the nose, 217 six in the skull 218 (5.42); the bones belonging to the five groups called kapāla, rucaka, taruṇa, valaya, and nalaka; 219 fleshy parts of the body are attached to the bones by sirās and snāyus 220 (5.43); the joints connecting bones are 210 in number; 221 sixty-eight joints are present in the extremities, fifty-nine in the trunk, eighty-three in the part above (the trunk); each toe has three joints, apart from the first one, which has two;