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EQUINE ANATOMY, 



PART I.— INTRODUCTORY. 



Anatomy is the examination by means of dissection 

 (cutting up) of organized bodies, and the scientific ar- 

 rangement and appreciation of the parts thus separated 

 with regard to their character and relative position. 



The science of anatomy is therefore very extensive ; it is 

 primarily divided into animal and vegetable anatomy ; and 

 animal anatomy is called Anthropotomy when man is the 

 object of investigation, Hippotomy when the horse is 

 being examined. In the study of Comparative Anatomy 

 some particular species of animal is taken as the standard, 

 and the points in which other species differ from this are 

 noted : it is the search for diversity. Transcendental or 

 Philosophical Anatomy is the search for analogies between 

 different species and the endeavour to reduce them all to 

 a general type. 



Investigation demonstrates that all the organs of the 

 body are made up by the various combinations of a few 

 primary tissues produced by union of anatomical elements. 

 The study of these tissues, irrespective of their situation, 

 is termed General Anatomy, while the investigation of 

 their component elements by the aid of the microscope is 

 Histology. 



An organ of the body is a collection of definitely 

 arranged tissues for the performance of some function useful 



