40 ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



L — The ulna, the larger of the two bones of the upper part of fore- 

 leg, Iving l)ehind the radius and extending from the knee to the lower 

 part of chest. 



M — The carpus, or knee, composed of: 1, the scaphoid, or bone bav- 

 in"' a boat-like form ; 2, the semi-lunar, or bone resembling a half-moon ; 

 3, the cuneiform, or wedge-shaped bone ; 4, the trapezium, or bone re- 

 sembling the mathematical figure of that name ; 5, the trapezoid, or bone 

 reeembling a trapezoid; 6, the os magnum, or great bone of the knee;' 

 7, the unciform, or hook-shaped bone ; 8, the pisiform, or pea-shaped 

 bone. 



^ K — The large metacarpal or cannon, the big Ijone of the fore-leg 

 reaching from the knee to the ankle. 



— Small metacarpal or "splint bones," the two smaller bones of the 

 lower part of the fore-legs. 



P p — The sessamoid bones — ^two small bones found in the substance 

 of the tendons at the joining of the fore-leg to the ankle. 



QjQ — Phalanges, embracing: 1, the upper pastern bone ; 2, the os co- 

 rona, or lower pastern bone ; 3, the os pedis, or first bone in the leg, 

 inside the hoof — the coffin-bone ; and na^^culare, a small ship-shaped 

 bone, at the back of the lower pastern, not marked in the figure. 



R — The pelvis, or basin, composed of : 1, the ilium, or flank bone ; 2, 

 the pubis, or fore-part of one of the bones of the pelvis ; 3. the ischium, 

 or hinder and lower part of the hip-bone. 



S — The femur, or thigh bone. 



T — The patella, or small bone covering the stifle joint — ^the joint of 

 the hind leg near the flank. 



U — The tibia, or large, long bone between the hock and the stifle joint. 



Y — The fibula, the small, long bone behind and attached to the tibia. 



W — The hock, or that joint of the hind leg between the stifle-joint and 

 the fetlock, embracing the following small bones: 1, the os calcis, or 

 back point of the hock ; 2, the astragalus, or upper bone of the hock 

 that supports the tibia ; 3, the cuneiform magnum, or largest Avedge- 

 ahaped bone ; 4, the cuneiform medium, or middle-sized wedge-shaped 

 bone ; 5, the cuneiform parvum, or smallest w^edge-shaped bone ; 6, that 

 •mall bone of the hock having a somewhat cubical form. 



X — Large metatarsal, the front bone of the hind leg, between the hock 

 wid tlie pastern joint, below which are 1, 2, 3, the phalanges of the hind 

 leg. 



Y. The small metatarsal, or small bone of the hind leg in rear of large 

 metatarsal. 



Z — The head, embracing: 1, the inferior maxilla, or lower jaw; 2, 

 the superior maxilla, or upper jaw; 3, anterior maxilla, or outer part' of 



