NUMBEll 



A TABLE 



BONES IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE HORSE. 



From Dr. Dadd's " Anatomy and Physiology." 



f f Frontal 1 



Parietal 2 



Bones of the cranium 1 Occipital 1 



or skull ] Temporal 2 



Ethmoid 1 



Sphenoid 1 



Nasal 2 



Ungius 2 



Malarum 2 



Maxillaria, superior and anterior 4 



I Bones of the face < Palatine 2 



<j Turbinated bones 4 



Tomer 1 



Posterior maxilla 1 



Lachrymal 2 



Cuspidata, or canine 4 



Dentes, or teetli Molars 24 



Incisors 12 



Bone of the tongue Hyoides 1 



f Malleus 2 



Orbicular 2 



Cervical 7 



VerteJyi'ce \ Dorsal 18 



Spine. . . -I [ Lumbar 5 



[ Sacrum. . * 1 



H i Tail ossa coccygis, or bones of the tail 15 



o \ f Sternum, composed at birth of 



gj f rrr, o> number of pieces 1 



- Llwiax 1 True ribs 14 



g I False ribs 22 



i. Pelvis, ossa innominata} 2 



Carried forward 162 



* The bones in the sacrum of the colt consist of five pieces. 



t The pelvis of the young animal is made up of the two ossa innominata, 

 each of which is formed of two pieces ; the larger is called os ileum, the small- 

 er, in allusion to the human pelvis, has been subdivided into two portions, 

 inuned < 3 isrhuun uml 03 pubis. 



