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; 

 Neurology, of the nervous system; 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 and irregular. The long 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; examples, 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; processes or apophyses when much de- 



