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CATTLE. 



No. 1. 



LEG AND FOOT OF THE OX. 



No. 1. 



1. The tendon of the extensor of the 



foot. 



2. Caspular ligaments of the fetlock joint. 



3. Capsular ligaments of the pastern 



joint. 



4. Tendon of the perforans muscle. 



5. Ligamentous portions. 



6. Tendons of the perforans and perfora- 



tus muscles. 



7. Division of the tendon of the carpo- 



phalangeus. 



8. The lateral external artery of the 



canon, or shank. 



9. The mesian and posterior artery of 



the fetlock. 



10. The lateral internal artery. 



11. The posterior branches of the plantar 



arteries. 



12. The lateral external vein of the canon. 



13. The lateral internal vein of the canon. 



14. The lateral vein of the pastern. 



15. A branch which is formed by the 



plantar veins, and the venous res- 

 ervoir of the plantar. 



16. The vascular reservoir, covered in 



part by the coronet. 



17. The plantar nerve before its bifurca- 



tion. 

 !S. Nervous branches, which, after having 

 parted from the preceding, take a 

 direction, the one backward and 

 downward to the lateral and ex- 



ternal part of the fetlock, and the 

 other downward to the internal 

 part of the same joint. 



19. The mesian division of the same nerve. 



It pursues its course by the artery 

 of the same name. 



20. A continuation of the plantar nerve, 



accompanying the internal lateral 

 artery. 



21. The sensible laminaj of the coflBn bone, 



correspondinif with the horny la- 

 mina) of the hoof. 



22. The usual horny excrescence at the 



posterior part of the fetlock. 



No. 2. 



1. The tendons of the extensor of the 



pastern below the bifurcation. 



2. The tendons of the extensor of the foot 



3. Internal lateral ligaments. 



4. Capsular ligaments of the fetlock joint 

 6. The capsular ligaments of the pastern 



joints. 

 6. A portion of integument, which unites 

 the two hoofs at their superior and 

 internal j)an. The blood-vessels 

 brought principally into view, are, 

 the superficial veins of the leg 

 above ; the anastomosis of the pro- 

 found and superficial veins below, 

 between the figures 2. 2; and the su- 

 perficial plantar arteries ana >ein8, 

 Btill lower down. 



