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THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE. 



A The Head. 



a The posterior maxillary or under jaw. 



b The superior maxillary or upper jaw. A little lower down than the letter is a foramen, 



through which pass the nerves and blood-vessels which chiefly supply the lower part 



of the face. 



c The orbit, or cavity containing the eye. 

 d -The nasal bones, or bones of the nose. 



e The suture dividing the parietal bones below from the occipital bones above. 

 f The inferior maxillary bone, containing the upper incisor teeth. 

 B The Seven Cervical Vertebrae, or bones of the neck. 

 C The Eighteen Dorsal Vertebrse, or bones of the back. 

 I) The Six Lumbar Vertebrse, or bones of the loins. 

 E The Five Sacral Vertebrae, or bones of the haunch. 

 F The Caudal Vertebrse, or bones of the tail, generally about fifteen. 

 G The Scapula, or shoulder-blade. 

 II The Sternum, or fore-part of the chest. 

 I The Costae or ribs, seven or eight articulating with the sternum, and called the true ribs, 



and ten or eleven united together by cartilage, called the false ribs. 

 .T The Humerus, or upper bone of the arm. 

 K The Radius, or upper bone of the arm. 



L The Ulna, or elbow. The point of the elbow is called the Olecranon. 

 M The Carpus or knee, consisting of seven bones. 

 N The metacarpal bones. The larger metacarpal or cannon or shank in front, and the smaller 



metacarpal or splent bone behind. 

 g The fore pastern and foot, consisting of the Os Suffraginis, or the upper and larger pastern 



bone, with the sesamoid bones behind, articulating with the cannon and greater 



pastern ; the Os Corona?, or lesser pastern ; the Os Pedis or coffin bone ; and the Os 



Naviculare, or navicular, or shuttle-bone, not seen, and articulating with the smaller 



pastern and coffin bones. 

 h The corresponding bones of the hind-ieet. 



O The Haunch, consisting of three portions, the Ilium, the Ischium, and the Pubis. 

 P The Femur or thigh. 

 Q The stifle joint with the Patella. 



R The Tibia or proper leg bone behind is a small bone called the fibula. 

 S The Tarsus or hock, composed of six bones. The prominent part ie the Os Calcis, or poiut 



of the hock. 

 T The Mctatarsals of the hind leg 



