RUMINANT SKELETO 



FIG. 25. 



SKELETON OF THE OX (RrMiXAXTiA). 



AXIAL SKELETON. 



THK SKULL. 



Cranial Bones. Occipital, 1; 6, Parietal, 2; a, Frontal, 2; c, Temporal, 2; Sphenoid, 1; 

 Ethmoid, 1 ; Auditory ossicles, 8. 



' Bones. h, Xasal, 2; e, Lachrymal, 2; '?, Malar, 2; /, Maxilla, 2; j/, Premaiilla, 2; 

 i. Inferior maxilla, 2 ; Palatine, 2 ; Pterygoid, 2 ; Vomer, 1 ; Turbinals, 4 ; Hyoid series, 7. 

 Teeth : Incisors, 6 ; Canines, 2 ; Molars, 24. 



Th> Trunk. k, Cervical Vertebrae, 7; I, Dorsal vertebrae, 13; m, Lumbar vertebras, 6; n, Sacmm 

 ,-ments), 1 ; o, Coccygeal vertebrae (variable), 20 ; p p, Ribs, 26 ; ' Sternum (seven sterue- 

 brae), 1 ; ^ Costal cartilages. 



APPEXMCULAB SKELETON. 

 PECTORAL LIMB. 



t, Scapula, 2 ; v, Humerus, 2 ; v, Radius. 2 ; if, t'lua, 2. Carpus : x, Trapezium, 2 ; y, Cunei- 

 form, 2 ; z, Luuar, 2 ; o', Scaphoid, 2 ; V, Vuciform, 2 ; c', Magnum, 2. Metacarpus : d", Large 

 bone, 2 ; e', Small bone, 4 ; /', Large sesamoids, 8. Digit : g', Proximal phalanges, 4 ; h', Median 

 phalanges, 4 ; i", Distal phalanges, 4 : k', Small sesamoids (uaviculars), 4. 



PELVIC LIMB. 



Peli'is. Os InuominatDm : q, Ilium, 2 ; s, Ischium, 2 ; r, Pubis, 2. 



The Limb.V, Femur, 2 ; m', Patella, 2 ; ri, Tibia, 2. Tarsus : o', Maleolar, 2 ; /', Calcaneum, 2 ; 

 ff, Astragalus, 2; r', Cubo-cuneiform, 2; s 1 , Cuneiforme medium, 2; I', Cuneiforms parvum, 2. 

 Metatarsus: Large bone, 2; ', Small bone, 2. Large sesainoids, 8. Digit : Proximal phalanges. 

 4 ; Median phalanges, 4 ; Distal phalanges, 4 ; Small sesamoids, 4. 



VISCEHAL SKELETOX. 

 Bones of the heart. 2. 



The separata Bones of the Ruminant Skeleton, as here considered, are 251. 



