THE LIMBS. 



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These three principal modifications of the same 

 structures, described respectively as nails, claws, and 



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Fig. 25. — Section of the foot of horse. 1, metacarpal 

 bone ; 2, first phalanx ; 3, second phalanx ; 4, third 

 or ungual phalanx ; 5, one of the upper sesamoid 

 bones ; 6, lower sesamoid or "navicular" bone ; 7, 

 tendon of extensor muscle ; 8, tendon of superficial 

 flexor {flexor perforatiis) ; 9, tendon of deep flexor 

 (flexor perforans) ; 10, short flexor or suspensory- 

 ligament of the fetlock ; 11, derm or true skin, con- 

 tinued into 12, coronary cushion; 13, lamina! , and 

 14, villous portions of the hoof matrix ; 15, hoof ; 

 16, the "heel"; 17, plantar cushion; 18, fibro- 

 fatty cushion of the fetlock ; 19, bare patch with 

 thickened epidermal covering or "spur." The cor- 

 responding parts of Figs. 24 and 25 have the same 

 numbers. 



