DESCRIPTION OF THE BONY STRUCTURE. 13 



The Fore Legs. — E, the humerus ; k, cervix and head, 

 uniting the shoulder-blade ; F, the ulna; the upper extremity, 

 m, forms the olecranon, or elbow ; n, n, the radius ; G, G, the 

 carpus, or knees, consisting of seven bones ; H, H, the meta- 

 carpal or shank bones ; o, o, the cannons ; p, p, the small 

 metacarpal ; q, q, the pastern ; r, r, the sessamoids j s, s, the 

 coronets, or small pastern bones ; t, t, the coffin bones, or os 

 pedis. 



The Pelvis and Hind Legs. — /, the pelvis, made up of 

 three bones ; a, b, c, the illiiun ; </, the ischium, and e, the 

 pubis ; that part of the illium a forms the hip, or haunch ; 

 g, the foramen thyroideum ; k, the femur, or thigh bone ; h, 

 the cervix and head, articulating with the lower extremity of 

 the pelvis ; i, the great trochanter ; k, k, the anterior con- 

 dyles ; /, /, the posterior condyles ; m, m, the patella, or stifle 

 joint; n,ii, the tibia; o, o, fibula; L, tarsus, or hock, con- 

 sists of six bones ; p. p, forms the points of the hocks ; M, the 

 metatarsi; q, the cannon, or shank; below are the seramoids, 

 large and small pasterns, navicular and coffin bone. 



