The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-07-18
Physiology and
Orthography.
Editor Register:

lot LepedI questions 10 the IolIoW.
ing answers. but refer reader to the
issue of June 9th for the ques.
tions:
1. a Long. short, fiat and irregu-
lar. b Examples respectfully are:
ulna, bones of the wrist, ribs and
Vertebra.
2. Animal matter and earthly
matter. b By being in the form
of tubes. A tube will support
much more weight than the same
amount of material in form of q
solid rod.
g. a Malleus. the hammer; nous,
the anvil; stapes, the stirrup. b
True. false and floating.
4. Seven cerYical, twelve dor
sal, and FIVE lumbar vertebrae. b
The atlas is the topmost vertebrae
and is SO arranged as to fit over a
tooth-like projection of the axis.
the second vertebrae, permitting
the head to turn from side to side.
3. a Blood is the agent by which
food is brought to the cells. An
artery enters the long bone at
about the middle of the shaft and
distributes itself in the endosteum.
b Rockets, a disease common with
children who live on scant and
poor food. The bone.ceIIs are
poorly fed and do not build up q
sufficiently rigid tissue.
6. a Membrane surrounding the
bone. b Hollow bones are lined
on the inside with a membrane
called endosteum.
Z. a Bones of the wrist. b Bones
of the ankle. 2O6.
s. a To permit great variety of
motions and movements. b Pivot
joint as the atlas on the axis; hinge
joint as that of the elbow; ball-and-
socket found in the hip; gliding
joint, carpus and tarsus are exam
pies.
9. a Bands of white connective
substance joining the bones to-
gether. b Bands of white sub
stance uniting muscles with bone.
The soft substance commonly
called gristle which covers the ends
of bones within joints. d Tie
synovial fluid seoreted by the syno
vial membrane is poured out on
the joint.
10 a Rheumatism is frequently
the result of negligence in the
matter of clothing suited to changes
in the weather; sitting in damp
places; neg!ecting to change cloth
ing after exposure to wet. b AL
cohol in the blood tend to retsrd
the growth of the cells thus pre-
venting their proper development
The same holds good of tobacco.
as the blood sent to nourish the
cells is poor in quality being load
ed with narcotics.
1. photography is that science
which treats of letters, syllablee
and words. b Orthoepy is the art
that teaches correct pronunciation
words.
2 a A word is 8 spoken or writ
ten sign of an idea. b A syllable
is a word or part of a word con-
sisting of one or more letters utter.
ed with a single impulse of the
voice and forming a perfect sound.
8. Word of one syllable. b
Word of two syllables. @ Word
of four or more syllables.
4. Accent is stress of voice
placed upon a particular syllable.
b Synonym is a word having the
same or nearly the same meaning
as another word. Antcnym is q
word having a meaning nearly or
exactly opposite 10 that of another
word A prefix is a syllable
placed before a primitive word; re-
seat, un-wise. A suffix is a sylla-
BILE placed after the primitive; read
able, usefulness.
3 a Finol 9 silent is generally
omitted when sufixes beginning
with vowel are added; as, save,
saving; blame, blamable. b Final
is generally retained before a
sufix beginning with oonsonant;
as. base. basement; shoe, shoeless.
Exceptions: awful. judgment. and
many others. O When a suffix is
added to word ending in y pre-
oeded by a oonsonant, the Y is
changed to i; as try, trial; holy,
holiness.
Teacher.