ANTERIOR LIMB. 



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The car pals consist of seven small, short hones, and with the 

 articulation of the carpals to the radius above, and the metacarpals 

 below, make up what is commonly known as the knee joint. 



The metacarpals are located in what is known as the rej^^ion 

 of the cannon. They are three in number : a larg^e one in the 

 middle, which is long and more or less cylindrical ; and one rudi- 

 mentary metacarpal on each side. These together articulate above 



FIG. 11. ANTERIOR LllViB OF THE HORSE. 

 O, Snapula; H. humerus; A, radius; U, ulna; C, carpals; M, metacarpals: 

 S, sesamoids; P, phalanges. 



