The 



VET. BOOK 



Chapter I. — Anatomical Rudi- 

 ments of Domestic Animals 



IN this chapter the Author intends to give a 

 brief survey of some of the elementary 

 anatomical facts appertaining to various 

 domesticated animals, believing that even a 

 trifling 'amount of knowledge concerning such will 

 be of interest and service, enabling the reader to 

 have a better understanding concerning the various 

 internal organs, joints, bones, etc., thus facilitating 

 the diagnosis of disease. 



The Horse 



The term endo-skeleton is applied to that of a 

 horse, because it is clothed externally by flesh or 

 muscle, and encloses the body cavity. It is com- 

 posed of a number of bony segments, most of which 

 exist in pairs. The Head consists of numerous 

 bones, mostly of a flat character, united together by 

 sutures, and these lines are plainly marked in the 

 young animal, gradually undergoing obliteration 

 in the later years. The cranial cavity is divided 



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