618 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



calees, or points of the hock ; M, the metatarsi ; g, 

 the cannon, or shank ; r, r, the small metatarsals ; 5, s, 

 the pasterns ; t, t, the sessamoids ; t, t, the coronets ; 

 u, u, the coffin bones. 



Plate 4. — Viscera of the Horse. 



the stomach ; B, the omentum ; C, C, the lobes 

 of the liver ; D, the spleen ; E, E, the midrif, or dia- 

 phragm ; F, F, the two kidnies ; g, the tendinous por- 

 tion of the diaphragm ; h, the passage of the sesophagus 

 through the chest into the abdomen ; fe, the anterior 

 aorta ; L, L, L, L, the divided abdominal muscles ; 

 m, m, m, m, the powerful muscles w^hich bend the 

 neck ; t, the rings of the cartilages of the windpipe ; 

 K, the urinarv bladder. 



Plate 5. — The Leg from the Shank Bone, and 

 the Stomach. 



1. The Leg from the Shank Bone. — a, the shank 

 bone ; &, the superior, or larger pastern bone ; c, the 

 inferior, or lesser pastern bone ; d, the coffin, or foot 

 bone ; e, the navicular, or nut bone ; /, the sessamoid 

 bone ; g, the inner or elastic frog ; h, the suspensory 

 ligament, inserted into the sessamoid bones ; i, the 

 large flexor tendon of the leg ; j, a ligament uniting 

 the sessamoids to the pastern boneS ; k, the short in- 

 ferior sessamoid Hgament ; /, the insertion of the flexor 

 tendon into the small pastern ; m, the horny frog ; 

 n, the insertion of the flexor tendon into the coffin 

 bone ; 0, a ligament uniting the navicular to the coffin 

 bone ; p, the crust, or w^all of the foot ; q, the sensitive 

 lamina, uniting the crust to the coffin bone ; r, the 



