*6 



other tendons arising from the muscles which spring from the upper 

 part of the limb. 



The remaining' or metatarsal bones are named like the correspond- 

 ing bones of the front leg. 



COMPARATIVE VIEWS OF THE SKELETON OF HORSE 



AKD MAN. 



In plate we have given a comparative view of the two skeletons in 

 as nearly as possible the same attitude. It will be observed, that be- 

 sides the greater length of jaws and neck in the horse (although the 

 number and arrangement of the bones in these parts are the same in 

 both skeletons), the principal difference consist in the form of the ex- 

 tremities and the uses, to which they are applied. Man rests on the 

 entire length of the foot and his hands and fingers are constructed for 

 grasping. The horse on the contrary is supported on the extreme 

 points of its toes and fingers, reduced on each limb to a single digit and 

 protected by the nail becoming modified into a hoof. 



Many of the bones in each skeleton are known by the same name, 

 but some parts of the limbs in the horse have been strangely miscalled. 

 We have thought it desirable therefore, to give in parallel columns the 

 names of those bones and joints, which although exactly corresponding 

 in man and horse are spoken of under different titles in the ordinary 

 description of the two skeletons. 



