THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE 



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THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE 



The skeleton of the horse consists of 205 bones, as shown in the following table. 



Vertebral column 54 



Ribs 36 



Sternum 1 



Skull (including auditory ossicles) 34 



Thoracic limbs 40 



Pelvic limbs 40 



205 



In this enumeration the average number of coccygeal vertebra^ is taken to be 18, the tem- 

 poral and OS coxa> are not divided into parts, the usual number of carpal and tarsal elements is 

 taken, and the sesamoids are included. 



The Vertebral Column 



The vertebral formula of the horse is C7TjsLgS5Cyj5.2^. 



^Anterior articu- 

 lar process of 

 axis 



\-- — Anterior part of 

 * transverse pro- 



cess 

 Posterior part of 

 transverse pro- 

 cess 

 Dorsal crest 



^': 



Fossa atlantis 



Ventral crest 



Trans- 

 verse 

 pro- 

 cess 



Anteri- 

 or part 

 Posteri- 

 or part 



lk\ 



Basi-occipital 

 Occipital condyle 

 J'(ir<ini(istoid {styl- 

 oid) process 



Posterior articu- 

 lar process 



Anterior articu- 

 lar process 



Fig. 6. — Cervical Vertebra of Horse, Fig. 7. — Cervical Vertebr.e of Horse, Ventral View. (After 

 Dorsal View. (After Schmaltz, Schmaltz, Atlas d. Anat. d. Pferdes.) 



Atlas d. Anat. d. Pferdes.) 



