3° 



THE AKATOMY OF THE HORSE. 



BONES OF THE HEAD. 

 (a. b.) The occipital, 



(c) Parietal, 



(d) Frontal, 



(e) Temporal, 

 (/) Malar, 



tg) Lachrymal, 

 \b) Nasal, 



ii) Superior Maxillary, 

 ck) Pre-maxillary, 

 (/) Inferior Maxillary, 

 THE TEETH. 

 (m) Incisors 12, 

 («) Tusks or bridle teeth 4, 

 (o) Molars 24, 



THE TERTEBEAE. 

 (p-v) Cervical 7, 

 (w) Dorsal 18, 

 (x) Lumbar 6, 

 (j) Sacral 5, 



(f) Caudal 15 to 13. 



BONES OF THE TKTTNK. 

 (a'-a') Ribs 18 pairs, 

 (*) Sternum or breast bone 

 (//) Ilium, 

 (c') Os Pubis, 

 (d') Ischcium, 



BONES OF THE LIMBS. 

 (t/f) Front limbs : 

 (e) Scapula, 



THE SKELETON. 



{f) Humerus or first bone of the 



true limb 



{g') Radius or forearm, 



\h) Elbow, or Ulna 



(*' to q) The bones of the knee joint 

 or carpal bones ; 



Pisif orme, Scaphoids Lunar, 

 Cuneif orme, Trapezoides Os Mag- 

 num, Uncif orme or hook like., 

 (?-') Cannon bone, 

 (s') Splint bones, 

 (f ) Sesamoids, 

 \u') The great pasterns, 

 (v) The little pasterns or coro- 

 naries, 



(«>') The coffin bone, 

 (x') The navicular. 

 (B) The hind limbs : 

 (y') Femur or upper bone of the 

 thigh, 



(^') Patella or knee pan, 

 (#") Tibia or great bone of the leg, 

 (b" Fibtila or small bone of the leg , 

 (c" to Z>") Bones of the hock joint or 

 tarsal bones, 



(Os Calcis or heel bone, Astragalus 

 Cuboides. the navicular bone of 

 the tarsus, The middle and outer 

 cuneif orme bones. The balance of 

 the bones of the hind limbs, are 

 the same, as those of the front 



