THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE 



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THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE 

 The skeleton of the horse consists of 205 bones, as shown in the following table. 



Vertebral column 54 



Ribs 36 



Sternum 1 



Skull (including auditory ossicles) 34 



Thoracic limbs 40 



Pelvic limbs 40 



205 



In this enumeration the average number of coccygeal vertebra? is taken to be 18, the tem- 

 poral and OS coxae are not divided into parts, the usual number of carpal and tarsal elements is 

 taken, and the sesamoids are included. 



The Vertebral Column 



The vertebral formula of the horse is CiT^^L^S^Cy^^.^^. 



d> -^ 



^Anterior articu- 

 lar process of 

 axis 



Anterior part of 

 transverse pro- 

 cess 



Posterior part of 

 transverse pro- 

 cess 



Dorsal crest 



Posterior articu- 

 lar process 



Anterior articu- 

 lar process 



Fig. 6. — Cervical Vertebr.e of Horse, 

 Dorsal View. (After Schmaltz, 

 Atlas d. Anat. d. Pferdes.) 



Fossa atlantis u. 



pro- 

 cess 



Posteri- 

 or part 



Basi-occipital 

 Occipital condyle 

 Parnmastoid (styl- 

 oid) process 



Ventral crest 



Trans- ( Anteri- V 



verse \ or part T 



Fig. 7. — Cervical Vertebrae of Horse, Ventral View. (After 

 Schmaltz, Atlas d. Anat. d. Pferdes.) 



