THE DOG IN HEALTH. 



FIG. 1. SKELETON or THE Doo Carnivora (STRANGE-WAY). 

 AXIAL SKELETON. 



THE SKULL. Cranial Bones. a, Occipital, 1; 6, Parietal, 2; c, Frontal, 2; fc, 

 Temporal, 2; Sphenoid, 1; Ethmoid, 2; Auditory ossicles, 8. Facial Bones. /, 

 Nasal, 2; e, Lachrymal, 2; d, Malar, 2; /i, Maxilla, 2; g, Premaxilla, 2; i, Inferior 

 maxilla, 2; Palatine, 2; Pterygoid, 2; Vomer, 1; Turbinals, 4; Hyoid (segments), 9. 

 Teet h. Incisors, 12; Canines, 4; Molars, 26. 



THE TRUNK. 1 1, Cervical vertebrae, 7; m m, Dorsal vertebrae, 13; n n, Lumbar 

 vertebras, 7; o, Sacrum (three segments), 1; p p, Coceygeal vertebrae (variable), 

 20; 1 1, Ribs, 26; * Sternum (eight sternebrae), 1; } Costal cartilages. 



APPENDICULAR SKELETON. 



PECTORAL LIMB. M, Scapula, 2; v, Humerus, 2; w, Radius, 2; x, Ulna. Carpus, 

 y, Trapezium, 2; z, Cuneiform, 2; a', Scaphoid, 2; 6', Unciform, 2; c', Magnum, 

 2; d', Trapezoid, 2; e', Pisiform, 2; Metacarpal bones, 10; A', Anterior sesamoids, 

 10; gr', Posterior sesamoids, 20. Digit. i', Proximal phalanges, 10; fc', Mesian 

 phalanges, 8; l\ Distal phalanges, 10; Small sesamoids wanting. 



PELVIC LIMB. Pelvis. Os Innominatum.q, Ilium, 2; r, Pubis, 2; s, Ischium, 

 2. T/ie Limb.m', Femur, 2; o', Fabellaa, 4; /, Patella, 2; q', Tibia, 2; p', Tibial 

 sesamoid, 2; r', Fibula, 2. Tarsus. s', Calcaneum,2; <', Astragalus, 2; M', Cuboid, 

 2; v', Superior cuneiform, 2; M/, Ecto-cuneiforme, 2; #', Meso-cuneiforme, 2; j/', 

 Endo-cuneiforme, 2. Metatarsus. Large bones, 8; z', Small bones, 2; Anterior 

 sesamoids, 8; Posterior sesamoids, 16. Digit. Proximal phalanges, 8; Mesian 

 phalanges, 8; Distal phalanges, 8; Small sesamoids wanting. 



VISCERAL SKELETON. 

 Os penis, 1 ; Rudimentary clavicle (inconstant), 2. 



The bones of the Carnivore Skeleton, thus considered, are 345. 



