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THE HORSE. 



The body comprises : — the back (9), the loins (13), the 

 ribs (8), the flanks (12), the stomach (u), and the genital 

 organs. 



The posterior comprises: — the croup (14), the 

 haunches (15), the tail (Q), the anus, the buttocks (16), 

 the thigh (17), the stifle (18), the hind leg (20), the hock 

 (22), the canon (23), the fetlock, the pastern, the coronet, 

 and the foot. 



I. ANTERIOR. 



We will now resume the detailed description of the 

 divisions which compose the exterior. 



The head (fig. 26), is evidently the most expressive 

 region of the animal. In its entirety are comprised : the 

 nape of the neck (1), the forelock (2), the ears (3), 

 the forehead (4), the supra-orbit (5), the eyes (6), the 

 cheeks (7), the face (8), the nostrils (9), the mouth (10), 

 the barb (n), the jaws (12), the inferior maxillary (13), 

 the throat (14). Figure 26 represents heads of two 

 Arab horses : A, the mare ; B, the horse. 



Fig. 26. 



The cranium encloses the brain, containing the nervous 

 fluid, which imparts sensitiveness and motion to tj^e 

 animal matter, by the transmission of the spinal marrow 

 and the divisions of the nerves. It is therefore reason- 

 able to insist upon a large cranium as indicative of nerve 

 predominance. 



