IO 



THE HORSE. 



CHAPTER II. 



NOMENCLATURE OF THE REGIONS OF THE BODY OF THE 



HORSE. 



Before proceeding further, it may be as well, with the 

 assistance of fig. i, to afford an explanation of some terms 

 which will be subsequently employed. 



Fig. i. 



I. Head. — 2. Neck. — 3. Shoulder. — 4. Withers. — 5. Arm. — 6. Chest. — 

 7. Elbow. — 8. Ribs. — 9. Back. — 10. Xiphoid Region. — 1 r. Stomach. 

 — 12. Flank. — 13. Loins. — 14. Croup. — 15. Haunch. — 16. Buttock. 

 — 17. Thigh. — 18. Stifle. — 19. Fore Arm. — 20. Leg. — 21. Knee. — 

 22. Hock. — 23. Canon. — 24. Fetlock. — M. Pastern. — P. Foot — 

 p.p. Chestnuts. — q. Uniciform. — s. Sternum. 



A, B. Anterior Biped. The fore limbs. — C, D. Posterior Biped. The 

 hind limbs. — B, C. Lateral Biped. The two limbs on the nearside. — 

 A, D. — Lateral Biped. The two limbs on the off side. — B, D. Left 

 Diagonal Biped. An anterior limb on the left associated with a 

 posterior limb on the right or reciprocally. — A, C. Right Diagonal 

 Biped. 



