EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 



INTERNAL ORGANS OF THE HORSE. 



This cut shows the position of each organ in the hody. 



1. Pharynx, or throat. 



2. (Esophagus, or the tube which 



carries the food to the stom- 

 ach. 



3. Right lung. 



4. Spleen. 



5. Stomach. 



6. Liver. 



7. Kidney. 



8. Ureter. This is the tube which 



carries the water or urine from 

 the kidneys to the bladder. 

 There is one tube to each 

 kidney. 



9. Rectum, or back bowel. 



10. Bladder. 



11. Urethra. 



12. Small bowels. 



13. Large bowels. 



14. Diaphragm, or curtain 



separates 



bowels 



heart. 



15. Heart. 



16. Common Aorta, which is the 



largest artery in the body. 



17. Trachea, or wind pipe. 



18. Mouth. 



which 

 the stomach and 

 from trie lungs and 



