NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS. 



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more or less obscure the contour of the bones, tendons 

 and ligaments. Muscles are the lean of meat, and their 

 ends are connected to bones by means of tendons, 

 which consist of hard, fibrous and inelastic material. 

 The ligaments of the limbs are composed of the same 

 material (white connective tissue) as tendons, and 

 serve to connect bones together, without the inter- 



Fig. 147. External parts of horse. 



vention of muscle. The horse has practically no 

 muscles below his knees and hocks. 



The suspensory ligament is the fibrous cord which 

 lies between the cannon bone and the back tendons. 

 The fact that it stands sharply out between these 

 two structures, when viewed from the side, shows that 

 it is in a sound condition, which is a most important 

 point as regards usefulness ; because injury to it, from 



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