THE ANTERIOR LIMBS. 



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oflFering for study two faces and a circumference. The external face is convex, 

 roughened, and channeled anteriorly by a groove that traverses it from above to 

 below, in which glides the inferior tendon of the external flexor of the 



CARPUS OF THE HORSE (ANTERIOR FACE). 



1, Pisiform or supercarpal bone (first of the 

 upper row); 2. cuneiform (second ditto) ; 

 3, lunar (third ditto); 4, scaphoid (fourth 

 ditto) ; 5, unciform (first of lower row) ; 

 6, OS magnum (second ditto) ; 7, trape- 

 zoid (third ditto) ; 9, inferior articular 

 face of the radius; 10, groove for the 

 oblique extensor tendon of the meta- 

 carpus; 11, groove for the anterior ex- 

 tensor of the metacarpus; 12, groove for 

 the anterior extensor of the phalanges ; 

 13, superior extremity of the large meta- 

 carpal bone ; 14, tubercle for the inser- 

 tion of the anterior extensor of the meta- 

 carpus ; 15, superior extremity of the 

 external small metacarpal bone. 



CARPUS OF THE HORSE (POSTERIOR FACE> 



1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Same bones as in preced- 

 ing figure ; 8, trapezium (fourth bone of 

 the lower row); 9, 9, inferior articular 

 surface of the radius ; 10, transverse crest 

 for insertion of common posterior liga- 

 ment of the carpus; 11, superior extremity 

 of large metacarpal bone; 12, rugosities 

 in which are fixed the deep layer of the 

 suspense) y ligament of the fetlock or 

 superior sesamoid ligament; 13, external 

 small metacarpal ; 14, internal ditto. 



metacarpus. Its internal face — smooth and concave — concurs in forming the 

 external wall of the carpal sheath. The circumference presents, in front, two 

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