DESCRIPTION 



SKELETON OF AN OX. 



a The upper jaw-bone. 

 h The nasal bone, or bone of the nose, 

 c The lachrymal bone 

 d The malar, or cheek-bone, 

 c The frontal bone, or bone of the forehead. 

 /The horns, being processes or continuations of the frontal. 

 "■ The temporal bone. 



A The parietal bone low in the temporal fossa. 



i The occipital bone, deeply depressed below the crest or ridge 07 the hcttd. 

 j The lower jaw. 

 k The grinders. 



I The nippers, found on the lower jaw alone, 

 m The ligament of the neck, and its attachments, 

 n The atlas. 



The dentata. 



y The orbit of the eye. 



g The vertebrae, or bones of the neck. 



r The bones of the back. 



s The bones of the loins. 



t The sacrum. 



u The bones of the tail. 



V Sf w The haunch and pelvis. 



X The eight true ribs. 



y The false ribs with their cartilages. 



i The sternum. 



1 The scapula, or shoulder-blade. 



2 The humerus, or lower bone of the shoulder. 



3 The radius, or principal bone of the arm. 



4 The ulna, its upper part forming the elbow. 



5 The small bones of the knee. 



6 The large metacarpal or shank bone. 



7 The smaller splint-bone. 



8 The sesamoid bones. 



9 The bifurcation at the pasterns, and the two larger pttstenu to each iboL 

 lO The two smaller pasterns to each foot. 



n The two coffin-bones to each foot. 

 12 The navicular bones. 

 1.3 The thigh-bone. 



14 The patella, or bone of the knee. 



15 The tibia, or proper leg-bone. 



16 The point of the hock. • 



17, 17 The small bones of the hock, 



18, 18 The metatarsals, or larger bonea of the hind leg. 



19, 19 The pasterns and feet. ^ 



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