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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



1, Scaphoid, or boat shaped bone ; 2, Semilunar, or bone resembling a 

 half moon ; 3, the Cuneiform, or wedge-shaped bone ; 4, the Trapezium, 

 resembling the geometrical figure of that name ; 5, the Trapezoid, re- 



CuT 8.— The Skeleton. 

 sembling a trapezoid ; 6, the great bone of the knee, (Os Magimm) ; 7. 

 the Hook-shaped bone, (Unciform bone) ; 8, the pea-shaped bone, (pis- 

 iform bone) ; NN, the big bone of the fore leg, the cannon bone or 

 large metacarpal ; O, Splint bone, or small metacarpal ; PP, Sessamoid 

 bones — two small bones in the substance of the tendons, where the fore 

 leg is joined to the ankle ; QQ, Phalanges. These are : 1, the upper 

 pastern bone ; 2, lower pastern bone; 3, the first bone in the leg, (os 

 pedis), inside the hoof, the coffin bone, and the navicular or ship-shaped 

 bone, not marked here. 



The Hinder Parts. — Coming to the hinder parts, R shows the pelvis. 

 This is formed by : 1, the Ilium or flank bone ; 2, the Pubis, or fore part 

 of one of the bones of the pelvis ; 3, the Ischium, or hinder and lower 

 part of the hip bone. S, the Femur or thigh bone ; T, the Patella or 

 small bone covering the stifle joint ; U, the Tibia or the large, long bone 

 between the hock and the stifle joint ; V, the small, long bone ►behind 



