Elementary Anatomy of a Hound 27 



the occipital hone, and the part generally referred to as 

 the occiput. Before birth a small bone — the inter- 

 parietal — fuses with the bone previously named. On 

 a level with the ears, and helping to form a consider- 

 able portion of the skull, are the parietal hones, 

 whilst between these and the eyes are situated the 

 frontal bones, and there is a projection from each of 

 the frontal bones that helps to form the sockets for 

 the eyes, the eye cavities not being completely bony 

 like those of the horse. Immediately behind the 

 parietal hones, though with a bony process projecting 

 forwards and outwards, are the temporal bones, which, 

 along with the bones previously named, form what is 

 known as the temporal fosscB — depressions that are 

 filled up with muscles (flesh) not observed in the 

 fleshy state of the skull. 



The superior maxillary hone carries the six back 

 teeth, and at its junction with the premaxilla forms 

 a socket to accommodate each tusk. 



The lachrymal hone is small and situated in the eye 

 cavity, whilst the molar bone helps to form a portion 

 of the face. The premaxillary hone (like the rest in 

 pairs), along with the nasal bones and superior maxil- 

 lary bones, forms the bony tunnel of the nose, and 

 each half of the premaxilla carries three of the upper 

 incisor teeth. In addition to the foregoing there is 

 a narrow bone known as the vomer ; also turhinated 

 bones in the nasal passage; whilst the lower jaw or in- 



