PECTORAL GIRDLE • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Pectoral girdle

... central axis, the chain of little bones, the vertebrae, threaded on the spinal cord (see Figure 1 and Section 1); the thorax, the box enclosed by ribs and sternum; the fore-limb and bones connected with it (pectoral girdle and limb), and the hind-limb and bones connected with it (pelvic girdle). Finally there is the skull, but following the London University syllabus, we shall substitute the skull of the dog for of that of the rabbit, as more typically mammalian ...

— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells