EXPLANATION OF PLATE V 



THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE 



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Upper Jaw. 



Lower or Under Jaw. 



Occipital Bone. 



Parietal Bone. 



Frontal Bone. 



Temporal Bone. 



Superior Maxillary Bone. 



The Upper Molars. 



Infra-Orbital Foramen. 



Pre-Maxillary Bone. 



The Upper Incisors. 



The Upper Canine Tooth or Tusk. 



Nasal Bone. 



Lachrymal Bone. 



Orbital Cavity. 



Zygomatic Bone. 



Inferior Molars. 



Inferior Canine Tooth. 



Inferior Incisors. 



The Cervical Vertebrae (7). the 

 first being the Atlas and the 

 second the Dentata or Axis. 



The Dorsal Vertebras (18). 



Eight True Ribs on the Breast Bone. 



Ten False Ribs. 



Breast Bone (Sternum). 



Lumbar Vertebrae (6). 



Sacrum, which consist of five ver- 

 tebrae grown together, at the sides 

 of which are four openings through 

 which the sacral nerves pass. 



Coccygeal Vertebrae (20). 



The Ilium. -\ 



The Haunch. 



-p. , . Bones of the 



Publs - Pelvis. 



Ischium. 



Hip-Joint. 



The Hip-Joint downwards. 



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Upper Thigh Bone, or Femur. 



Stifle-joint and Patella, or Knee 

 Pan. 



Tibia, Large Lower Thigh Bone. 



Fibia, or Small Lower Thigh Bone. 



Astragalus. 



Calcis, or Heel 

 Bone. 



Bones of the 

 Hock. 



Cuboid Bone. 



Large Scaphoid 

 Bone. 



Small Scaphoid 

 Bone. 



Cuneiform Bone. 4 



The Shank, or Large Metatarsal 

 Bone. 



Outer or Splint Bone. 



Inner Splint Bone. 



Sesamoid Bones (2). 



Large Pastern Bone (Os Suffra- 

 ginis). 



Small Pastern Bone (Os Corona). 

 Coffin Bone (Os Pedis). 

 Shoulder-Blade. 

 Shoulder-Joint. 



Humerus— Upper Arm Bone, artic- 

 ulates at the elbow-joint. 

 Elbow Joint. 

 Fore-Arm, or Radius. 

 Ulna. 



Trapezium. 

 Cuneiform Bone. 

 Lunar Bone. 

 Unciform Bone. 

 Scaphoid Bone. 

 Os Magnum. 

 Trapezoid Bone. 



Pea-shaped, or 

 Pisiform. 



Bones of the 

 Knee 



Bones below the Knee same as below the Hock, except the Shank Bone 

 which is called Metacarpal. 



