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THE HORSE 



The bones of the skeleton may now be considered in 

 detail, commencing with those of the head and neck. 



At (m) (Plate IV.) is an indentation where the artery 

 passes over the lower jaw, and the pulse can be felt, 

 and a tourniquet applied in an urgent case. At (n) 

 another small artery branches, and there also a tourniquet 

 is often useful when a severe bleeding at the nose occurs. 



They may be divided into two groups, those of the 

 cranium and of the face. The cranial include all those 



PLATE IV. 

 Head. 



a Frontal. 



b Parietal. 



c Occipital. 



d Temporal. 



e Malar. 



/ Lachrymal. 



g Nasal. 



h Superiormaxil- 

 lary. 



* Pre-maxillary. 



A: Inferior maxil- 

 laries, or 

 lower jaw. 



I Orbit. 



which enclose the brain, and though they are for the most 

 part arranged in pairs, one on each side of the mesial line, 

 it is more convenient to speak of them as single bones. 



The frontal bone (a) is the bone of the forehead, forming 

 the broad flat surface between the eyes and extending 

 towards the top of the head. This bone differs considerably 

 in width, and is generally developed in the highest degree 

 in the Arabian horse, being a mark of high breeding and 

 superior intelligence. 



The parietal (6) extends backward from the frontal to the 



