CONTENTS 



THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE 

 CHAPTER XVII 



CLASSIFICATION OF THE VARIOUS ORGANS, AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SKELETON 



Classification of the various organs — Of the structure of bone — Of the skeleton in 

 general — The artificial skeleton — Number of bones composing the skeleton — 

 General anatomy of the spinal column — Of the head and face and of the hyoid 

 arch — Of the thoracic arch and anterior extremities — Of the pelvic arch and 

 hind extremities — The tail — The fore and hind extremities considered as organs 

 of locomotion ............. 344 



CHArTER XVIII 



DESCRIPTIVE ANATOMY OF THE SEVERAL BONES 



The head — Bones of the cranium — Bones of the face — The lower jaw — The teeth — 

 Os hyoides — Characters of Vertebra in general — General characters of the 

 cervical vertebra — Peculiarities of certain cervical vertebrae— General characters 

 of the dorsal vertebrre — Peculiarities of the dorsal vertebras— General characters 

 of the lumbar vertebra — Peculiarities of the lumbar vertebrae — The sacrum — The 

 i coccygeal vertebrte — The ribs and their cartilages — The sternum, or breast-bone 

 — Scapula, blade-bone or shoulder-blade — Humerus, the upper arm-bone — The 

 , bones of the fore-arm (os brachii) — The carpus (knee) and metacarpus (cannon) — 

 The phalangeal bones (pasterns and foot)— The pelvis — The fejour (round-bone) 

 and patella — Bones of the leg— Metatarsal and posterior phalangeal bones . . 354 



CHAPTER XIX 



OF THE JOINTS, AND THE TISSUES ENTERING INTO THEIR COMPOSITION 



General remarks — Cartilage — Fibrous tissue — Fibro- cartilage — Synovial membranes 

 — Classification of the joints — Movements of the joints — Articulations of the 

 vertebral column — The ligamentum nucha?, or great cervical ligament, and other 

 peculiarities in the ligaments of the neck— Movements of the vertebra in general, 

 and of certain of their joints in particular — Thoracic articulations — Peculiarities 

 in the articulations of the lumbar vertebras — The lumbo-sacral articulation and 

 sacral ligaments — The coccygeal joints — The temporo-maxillary articulation — 

 The sacro-iliac articulation — Ischio-pubic sj'mphysis— The shoulder joint — The 

 elbow joint — Tlie knee joint (carpus, or wrist) — Inter-metacarpal articulations — 

 Fetlock joint — The pastern joint — The coffin joint — The hip joint — Stifle joint or 

 coxo-femoral articulation — Tibio-fibular articulation — The hock joint — Tarso- 

 metatarsal articulation— Terminal articulation of the posterior limbs . . . 391 



