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ing the incisors or cutting teeth and the upper tushes 

 at the point of union between the superior and inferior 

 maxillaries. 

 /,/. The upper incisors, or cutting teeth, or, as they are 

 otherwise called, the nippers, a term which we limit 

 to the two central ones above and below ; the one 

 next to these, on each side, are called the dividers, 

 and the innermost ones on both sides are termed the 

 corner incisors. There are in all twelve incisors in 

 the head of a horse, viz., six in the upper, and six in 

 the under jaw. 



SIDE VIEW OF THE CRANIUM. 



PLATE VIII, Fig. 2. 



b. The parietal bone. 



e. The frontal bone; the cavities or cells below which are 



called the frontal sinuses. 

 / The zygomatic arch. 

 g. The super-orbital foramina. 

 h. The lachrymal bones. 

 i. The orbit which contains the eye. 

 k. The nasal bone. 

 /. The superior maxillary bone. 

 m. The infra-orbital foramina. 

 ;/. The opening into the nose. 

 0. The inferior maxillary. 

 /. The upper incisors or cutting teeth. 

 ^, q. The molars, or grinders of the upper and under jaw. 

 r. The posterior maxillary or under jaw. 

 t The lower portion of the under jaw. 

 tL. The under incisors, or cutting teeth. 



SECTION EXHIBITING THE INTERNAL 

 ANATOMY OF THE HEAD. 



PLATE III, Fig. 3. 



a. The occipital bone. 



