14 EQUINE ANATOMY. 



submaxillary and nasal bones ; gomphosis, as the teeth. 



Amphiarthrodial Joint. — Articular surfaces are 

 often smooth like the diarthrodial, or rono-h and cov- 

 ered by cartilage. 



Means of union. — Fibro-cartilages or menisci, and 

 peripheric ligaments. 



Motions. — Limited, and varying with the thickness 

 of cartilages. 



Classification. — Only one kind — the vertebral ar- 

 ticulation of the body. 



SPLAXCHNOLOGY. 



The study of viscerae and the annexes, or those of 

 digestion, respiration, urination and generation. 



Nomenclature. — Absolute, as the liver, spleen, kid- 

 neys ; or from their form, the coecum, vagina ; their 

 situation, the intestines, epididymis; their direction, 

 the rectum; structure, the ovaries, the many leaves 

 or third stomach of ruminants ; uses — as the lungs, 

 oesophagus. 



Number. — They are generally single in digestive 

 organs, and double in others. 



Form — Varies ; are generally asy metrical. 



Situation. — In the splanchnic cavities ; sometimes 

 outside of them. 



