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THE SKELETON. 



CHAPTER VI. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE SKELETON. 



DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM I FITS; TURNSIDE ; EPILEPSY; 



CHOREA; RHEUMATISM AND PALSY. 



THE SKELETON OF THE DOG. 



1. The intermaxillary bone. 



2. Nasal bone. 



3. 3. Maxilla superior. 



4. Lachrymal bone. 



5. Zygomatic bone. 



6. Orbit of the eye. 



7. Frontal bone. 



8. Summit of the head. 



9. 9. Occipital bones. 



10. 10. 10. Temporal bones. 



THE HEAD AND ITS FUNCTIONS. 



11. 11. 11. Inferior maxillary or jaw 

 bones. 



12. 12. Seven inferior maxillary molar 

 teeth. 



13. 13. Six molar teeth of the superior 

 jaw. 



14. Canine teeth of the superior and infe- 

 rior jaws. 



15. Three incisor teeth of the superior 

 maxillary bone. 



16. The three inferior ditto. 



THE TRUNK. 



a. a. a. The ligamentum nuchse. 

 i. n. in. iv. v. vi. vn. The seven ver- 

 tebrae of the neck. 

 13. The thirteen dorsal vertebrae. 

 7. The seven lumbar vertebras. 

 21. Os sacrum, or rump- bone. 



22. 22. Twenty caudal vertebrae verte- 

 brae of the tail. 



23. The left os innominatum. 



24. Right ditto. 



The nine true ribs, with their cartilages. 

 The four false ribs, with their cartilages. 

 o. The sternum. 



