NUMBER OF BONES IN A HORSE. 89 



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Bones of the cranium 

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A TABLE 



OF THE 



BONES IN THE STRUCTUKE OF THE HORSE. 



From Dr. Dadd's ''■ Anatoiny and Physiology." 



Frontal 1 



Parietal 2 



Occipital 1 



Temporal 2 



Ethmoid 1 



Sphenoid 1 



Nasal 2 



Uugius 2 



Malaruni 2 



Maxillaria^ superior and anterior 4 



Palatine 2 



Turbinated bones 4 



Yomer 1 



Po.sterior maxilla 1 



Lachrymal 2 



Cuspidata, or canine 4 



Molars 24 



Incisors 12 



Bone of the tongue . Hyoides 1 



f Malleus 2 



I Incus 2 



I Stapes 2 



t Orbicular 2 



Cervical 7 



Dorsal 18 



Lumbar 5 



Boties of the face < 



Dentes, or teeth . 



Bones of the ear. 



Spine . 



Vertehrce 



Saernm. 



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TJiorax 



Tail — ossa coccygis, or bones of the tail 15 



Sternum, composed at birth of 



a number of pieces 1 



True ribs 14 



False ribs 22 



Pelvis, ossa innominata} 2 



Carried forward 162 



* The bones in the sacrum of the colt consist of five pieces. 



f Tho pelvis of the youns^ animal is made up of the two ossa innominata, 

 each of which is formed of two pieces ; the larger is called os ileum, the small- 

 er, in allusion to the human pelvis, haa been subdivided into two portions, 

 named 03 iseliium and os pubis. 



