CHAP. II. 



POINTS OF THE HORSE. 



beneath the eye ; the lachrymal, a small bone, at the inner inferior 

 angle of the eye ; the nasals, triangular elongated bones covering the 



Fig. 93. Points of the Horse. 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 10 

 11. 

 12. 

 13, 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 



Hoof. 



Coronet. 



Heel. 



Fetlock or Pastern Joint. 



B. The Pastern. 

 Cannon Bone. 

 Back Sinew or Tendon. 

 The Hock or Tarsus. 

 Point of Hock. 

 Second Thigh. 

 Haunch or Lower Buttocks, 

 to 20. The Quarter. 

 The Stifle. 

 The Sheath. 

 14. The Flank. 

 The Hip Joint. 

 Root of Tail or Dock. 

 The Rump. 

 The Croup. 

 The Loins. 



Point of Hip Bone (Ilium). 

 The Back. 



22. 22. Girth, or Chest Measurement 



23. Withers. 



24. 24. Shoulder Blade or Scapula. 



25. 25. The Crest. 



26. The Poll. - 



27. The Forehead. 



28. The Muzzle. 



29. The Nostril. 



30. The Jaw. 



31. The Throat, or Windpipe. 



32. The Neck. 



33. Point of Shoulder. 



34. The Shoulder. 



35. 35. Front Ribs, and Back or Short Ribs 



forming the Barrel. 



36. The Chest or Breast. 



37 to 34. The True Arm, or Humerus. 



38. The Elbow. 



39. The Arm (so-called) or Fore- Arm. 



40. The Knee or Carpus. 



41. The Chestnut. 



SEATS OF COMMON DISEASES. 



A. Sidebone. 



B. Ringbone. 



C. Windgall. 



D. Splint. 



E. Spavin. 



F. Thoroughpin. 



G. Curb. 



H. Capped Hock. 



cavity of the nose ; the supra-maxillaries, the largest bones in the 

 upper jaw, forming most of the cheek, and lodging the upper molar 



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