CONTENTS 



OSTEOLOGY 



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OSSEOUS STRUCTURE 17 



CLASSIFICATION OF BONES 20 



COMPOSITION OF BONE 21 



SKELETON OF THE FOWL : 21 



Axial Skeleton .' 23 



Cranium and Face 23 



Occipital 25 



Ethmoid 27 



Sphenoid 28 



Frontal ' . . ' 29 



Parietal 29 



Temporal 29 



Premaxilla 31 



Maxilla 32 



Nasal 32 



Lacrimal 32 



Palatine 33 



Pterygoid 33 



Zygomatic 33 



Vomer 33 



Jugal and Quadratojugal 33 



Quadrate 34 



Inferior Maxilla ' 34 



Turbinate Bones 34 



Hyoid 35 



Vertebral Column 35 



Cervical Vertebrae 35 



Atlas 37 



Axis 37 



Dorsal Vertebrae 39 



Lumbosacral Vertebrre 39 



Coccygeal Vertebrae 41 



Ribs 41 



Sternum - 42 



Appendicular Skeleton 43 



Shoulder Girdle 43 



Fore Limb. . . 44 



Pelvic Girdle 48 



Hind Limb 50 



ARTHROLOGY 



KINDS OF JOINTS 56 



MOVEMENTS OF JOINTS 56 



LlGAMENTOUS STRUCTURE . . 57 



II 



