EQUINE 



ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 



ANATOMY. 



Anatomy is the science of organization. 



Equine Anatomy is its study confined to the horse. 



Divisions. 



Osteology, the study of bones ; Arthrology or Syndesmology, of 

 the joints ; Myology, of the muscles ; Angeiology, of the vessels ; 

 Neiu'ology, of the nervous sy. tem ; Splanchnology, of the viscera. 



OSTEOLOGY, OR THE BONES. 



See plate opposite title page. 



These, the passive portion of the locomotory apparatus, are 

 divided into long, short, flat d^xvA irregular. The lo7tg bones are 

 found in the limbs and are hollowed out internally ; example, the 

 femur. The short bones are about as wide as long, and contain 

 no medullary cavity ; example, the tarsus and carpus. The flat 

 bones are found in the head, pelvis, and shoulder, contain no 

 medullary cavity, and are not thick ; example, the parietal and 

 scapula. The irregular bones have none of the characteristics of 

 the preceding ; example, the hyoid. 



The Eminences of Bones. 



Heads are elevations on the extremities of bones, describing 

 the segment of a sphere ; condyles are segments of an oval figure 

 parallel to its large axis ; pi'ocesses or apophyses when much 



