EXPLANATION OF PLATE VL 



THE SKELETON OF THE COW. 



1. Upper Jaw. 



2. Lower or Under Jaw. 



3. Occipital Bone. 



4. Frontal Protuberance. 



5. Horn Cores. 



6. Frontal Bone. 



7. Lachrymal Bone. 



8. Malar Bone. 



9. Zygomatic Bone, 

 10. Nasal Bone. 



ir. Great Maxillary Bone. 



12. Six Upper Molars. 



13. Great Maxillary Bone. 



14. Temporal Bone. 



15. Orbital Cavity. 



16. Six Lower Molars. 



17. Eight Incisors. 



18. Seven Cervical Vertebrae. The first 



bone being the Atlas. 



ig. Thirteen Dorsal Vertebras. 



20. Eight True Ribs. 



21. Five False Ribs. 



22. Sternum, or Breast Bone. 

 Six Lumbar Vertebrae. 

 Sacrum. 



23- 

 24. 



25- 



Eighteen to Twenty Coccygeal Ver- 

 tebrae. 



Ilium. \ 



Ischium. I Bones of the Pelvis. 



26. 

 27. 



28. Os Pubis. I 



29. Hip Joint. 



30. Shoulder Boae. 



From the hock downwards the bones are the same as in the fore limbs, except 

 the Shank is called Metatarsal. 



