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Show Chap. X I V, Of the Hiflory of the Mtfclet. Chap. X V. were beI oins and Thorax, are carried much farther backward, then they . the Sacer, and tranfverfe Mufcles. fore, by the motion of Muf. ln fhort, to give a Summary Account of the ufes of the Abdominal the ell anarrimcnt C C H A P. XV. of les it may not be amifs to add fomewhat of the ourward Structure lovticr Apartiment of Humane Body (as it is invcl'ced with the Common In- teguments, thofe fine Membranes, the Cutieula, (um, Membrane-Adiqufz, faced with Fat) covered above with a moving Roof, adorned With difle. m its ent Figures, fometimes brought to a Plain in motion, and Arched NC: nd this Apartiment is founded below in the OJ Ilium, (Pubir, and Cox. Carendicz'r and behind with the 04" Satrum, and Yettebres of the [,oms, lhy Exved with variety of Proceiles; and Walled Within with diversfie panlions, folded within each other in rare order, With a wonderful Alti‘ {ice 3 and are [0 many Machines difplaying themfelves in variety of movmg Schemes. Of Mafia/4r Motion. Aving Treated of the Confiitution of Mufcles, as compofed of So: lid and Fluid parts, of their more firm Particles, as confifling of Carnous and Tendinous Fibres; and of the Fluid, as made up of Vital and Nervous Liquors, the efficients of Life, Senfe, and Motion, and of the Fa- brick and ufe of the Abdominal Mufcles. [humbly conceive it may not be altogether improper, to give fome Account of Mufcular Motion, which Fallopim in his Anatomical Obfervations, doth confign to flefliy Fibres, as fgflffl'fiufl; ' This Abdominal Wall encircling the lower Apartment, confilteth of many defcendent, afcendent, and traufverfe, flefhy Flakes, as {b many Arches ('6' i" 1'0"" feated one within another, and is embelilhed with right Mufcles as with two Peers, placed in the middle of thefe Triangular Walls; and beautified with two (hot: Mufcles, as two Pyramidal Bales of thofe oblique Peers, whofe Tops are encircled with rounded Capitals, and the .body of thefe Peers are wrought with red Carved Work, adorned with various Figures and Sizes; and betWeen the Carvings, are lodged many plain white Interfeéi ms, which give a lui'tte to thofe different Prominences of thofe right Mufcles. And the oblique defcendent, afcendent, and tranfverfe Mufcles, folded r in leaves, are f0 many moving Walls, affixed above to the lower Bony Arches of the middle Apartiment, and below to the 0; Ilium ( partof the Foundation of the lowel't Story) which is carried upward by this upper Abdominal Arch, as the highel't Machine of Motion. The fecond Arch ‘is the oblique afcendent Mufcle, and is conjoyned below to the Floor of the lowelt Apartiment, and above to the Semicircular Walls of the middle; 51:; {0 that this middle Machine draweth the the lower part of this Lateral Wall appertaining to the middle Story, toward the foundation of the lowefi Apartime‘nt. And the tranfverfe Mufcles, the loweft Machine of Motion, joyned behind to the Carved Procelles of the jointed Column ( fupporting the lowefi ‘ :Story) draweth it inward toward the Linea Alba, and the right Mufcles, ,"I the Peers of the Abdominal Walls, whofe Capitals are fixed above to the " Cone of the Sternon, the fore Wall of the middle Story, and below to the middle of the Floor of the lowell: Apartiment : So that thefe firaight Machines, according to their various Motions, do pull downward the Anterior Wall of the middle Story, toward the Peers of this Abdominal Frame, and the prime Machines of it, laying, In omm' particula fez'pflmz "roe/ante, qmz hij,|"fif.‘§"c‘° band tonfiflere poflit, m'fi particula ipfa Fibrir pmdita fit, atqne illir pem'mr i 3 If S: Carrier's. And on this account, a Mufcle feemeth to be made of a great company of Carnous Filaments, tied to each other by thin Membranous Ligaments, derived from the Coat invei'ting the Mufcle, and divers ways infinuating it felf with thin Membranous Tunicles, between the Fibres, into the body of the Mufcle Every Machine of Motion, is fui‘nilhed with divers ranks of flelhy Fibres, AMul‘clc is all inferted and radicated into the Tendon, the Membrane encircling the 5333;131:123, furface of the Mufcle', f0 that in Motion there is a Co-ordination of fielhy Particles, running in oblique parallel Lines, which moving inWard do contract the Mulcle, making the body of it tenfe and rigid, and leaving the . . . outward Coat of the Muicle flaccrd and riveled; which Motion is likely per- formed by vertue of flelhy Fibres, according to mail: Ingenious Fallopiws. But Calm beingr as great in Antiquity as learning, is of another Opinion, which is feconded by him with no lefs, if not greater reafon, by affigning the Tendinous Fibres, to be the principal Organs of Mufcular Motion; in his Twelfth Book, De ufu Partium, and the Third Chapter. minty ssiy a'vfi 7:7; 4"th Zefimv, 6J9 all! 5417: 771'; rvémQ- £7? pca'exy, Eye/7270 : Tenda "‘mmc‘hy Fibres, infer93$?" Themo'non f M fl ' Stiibmidicbli gficoegggaffj iiiiri‘iiiah‘ié kaqy'ogthc Iuce cco~ methTenl‘: '0 Au fin'm n? ""dmgi‘l' efl Primnm gigglciihiiighl; Fibres ,(coh Organornm motul, Mufculu: 719m ipfe generationir ejm gratig fafinr. The Tendinous Fibres being as well the Prima Stamina, in the Fabrick 33%;"; of the Mufcles, as alfo the prime Machines of Motion; and therefore they 3:; 5122233,; run in Very numerous finall Filaments, efpoufed with fome Nervous Fibres, 333"" "W'through the whole fubl'tance of the Mufcle, and are colleéted both in the ' Origen and Termination of it, into entire Bodies, commonly called the Tendons; which fal'ten the Mufcles in both Extreamities to Him: Bone, Cartilage, or Ligament. Upon this account (the Carnous parts, which are only Auxiliaries) can- {Remus again draw up the O: Pubir, fome part of the Foundation of this [owe Apartiment, toward the Enfiform Cartilage, the lowefi point of the middle Story. not challange to themfelves'a principality of Motion, when they do not iy‘iiiiiiiiiitii‘ reach the part to be moved, being only joyned at a dil‘tance to the Ten- Slim": don, and the Tendon is only affixed immediately to the moveable Term, which is not at all united to the flefliy Fibres in its Termination : But lear- m, mam}, tied Stem forefeeing this difficulty, endeavoureth to falve it, by aflirming ildiidi‘iluabc CHAR the Tendon, to be a compofition of Hefhy Fibres; Which (faith he) be- inwzra'einf mg loofely united, do eonfiitute Flelh , but being clofely conjoyiied, do iii-agaidoiiix makea Tendon ; his Words are thefe, in his 14th Page ofhis Book, De 2':me "‘"‘ Mufculir (‘7 Glandnlir : Cara mm cfi (Pore/relaying rm: tomeuttmz, fed art/um fibril/.3, |
