DESCRIPTION 



SKELETON OF A HORSE. 



A The Head. 



a The posterior maxillary or under jaw. 



6 The superior maxillary or upper jaw. Opposite to 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 suter dividing the parietal bones below, from the occipital bones above. 

 / The inferior maxillary bone containing the upper incisor teeth. 

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

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

 D Tlie Six Lumbar Vertebrae, or bones of the loins. 

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

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

 G The Scapula, or shoulder blade. 

 H The Sternum, or fore part of the chest. 

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



the tfue ribs, and ten or eleven united together by cartilage, called the falsa 



ribs. 

 3 The Humerus, or bone of the arm. 

 K The Radius, or bone of the fore-arm. 



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

 M The Carpus or knee, consisting of seven bones. 

 JN The metacarpal bones. The larger metacarpal or canon or shank in front, 



and the smaller metacarpal or splent bone behind. 

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



larger pastern bone, with the sessamoid bones behind, articulating with the 



canon and greater pastern ; the Os Coronae, or lesser pastern ; the Os Pedis, 



or cofRn-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 feet. 

 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 is the Os 



Calcis point of the hock. 

 T The Metatarsals of the hind leg. 



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