SKELETON OF THE OX (Rlminantia). 

 Axial Skeleton. 

 the skill. 

 Cranial Bones.— Occipital, 1: b, Tarietal, 2; a, Frontal, 2; c, Temporal, 2; 

 Sphenoid, 1; Ethmoid, 1; Auditorj' ossicles, 8. 



Facial Bones.— h, Nasal, 2: e, Lachrymal, 2; d. Malar, 2; f. Maxilla, 2: g. Pre- 

 maxilla, 2; i. Inferior maxilla, 2; Palatine. 2; Pterygoid, 2; Vomer, 1; Turhinals, 

 4; Hyoid (segments), 7. Teeth— Incisors, G; Cauiues, 2; .Molars, 24. 



The Trunk.— k, Cervical Vertebra*, 7; I, Dorsal vertehr.'e, 13; m. Lumbar verte- 

 brae, 6; n, Sacrum (tive segments), 1; o, Coccygeal vertebra; (variable), 20; p p. 

 Ribs, 26; * Sternum (seven steruebrsp), 1; •!• Costal cartilages. 



Appendicular Skeleton, 

 pectoral limb. 

 t. Scapula, 2; m, Humerus, 2; i', Radius, 2; w, V\na, 2. Carpus— a;. Trapezium, 

 2; 1/, Cuneiform, 2; z, Lunar, 2; a'. Scaphoid, 2: b'. Unciform, 2; c', Magnum, 2. 

 Metacarpus— (/', Large bone, 2; e', Small bone, 4; f, Large sesamoids, 8. Digits 

 J/*, Proximal phalanges, 4; //', Mesian phalanges, 4; i'. Distal phalanges, 4; k', 

 small sesamoids (naviculars), 4. 



PELVIC LIMB. 



Pehi.i.—Os Innominatum— 9, Ilium, 2; s. Ischium, 2; r. Pubis, 2. 



The Limb.—V, I'emur, 2; m'. Patella, 2; n', Tibia, 2. Tarsus— o', Maleolar, 2; 

 p', Calcaneum, 2; q'. Astragalus, 2; r', Cubocuneiform, 2; s', Cuneiforme me- 

 dium, 2; <', Cuneiforme parvum, 2. Metatarsus— Large bone, 2; «', Small lioue, 

 2. Large sesamoids, 8. Digit— Proximal phalanges, 4; Mesian phalanges, 4; 

 Distal i)halanges, 4; Small sesamoids, 4. 



Visceral Skeleton. 

 Bones of the heart, 2. 



The separate bones of the Ruminant Skeleton, as here considered, are 251. 



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