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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
B.—The seven Cervical Vertebrz, or bones of the neck. 
C.—The eighteen Dorsal Vertebre, or bones of the back. 
D.—The six Lumbar Vertebre, or bones of the loins. 
E.—The five Sacral Vertebre, or bones of the haunch. 
F.—The Caudal Vertebre, or bones of the tail, the usual 
number being fifteen; sometimes, however, they vary. 
G.—The Scapula, or shoulder blade. 
H.—The Sternum, fore part of the chest or breast-bone. 
I.—The Coste, or ribs, seven or eight of which articulating 
with the Sternum, are called the ¢rue ribs, and the re- 
maining ten, or eleven, which are united together by carti 
lage, are called the false ribs. 
J.—The Humerus, or bone of the arm. 
K.—The Radius, or bone of the fore arm. 
L.—The Ulna, or elbow, with its process, the olecranon. 
M, M.—The Carpus, or knee, consisting of seven bones. 
N, N.—The Metacarpal, or shank bones. The large Me- 
tacarpal, or cannon, or shank in front; and the smaller 
Metacarpal, or splent bone behind. - 
g.—The fore pastern and foot, consisting of the Os Suffra- 
ginis, or the upper and longer pastern bone, with the se- 
samoid bones behind, articulating with the cannon and 
greater pastern ; the Os Corone, or lesser pastern; the 
Os Pedis, or coffin bone; and the Os Navicule, or navi- 
cular shuttle bone, not seen, and articulating with the 
smaller pastern and coffin bones. 
h.—The corresponding bones of the hind feet. 
©, O.—The small metacarpal, or splent-bones. 
P.—The pelvis, or haunch, consisting of three portions,— 
the ilium, the ischium, and the pubis. 
Q.— The femur, or thigh-bones. 
R, R.—The patella placed on the stifle joint. 
S, $.—The tibia and fibula; the latteris a small bone be 
hind. These are also called the ham bones. 
Tl, T.—The bones of the tarsus, or hock, six in number. 
U, U.—The metatarsals of the hind leg, called shank, or 
cannon bones, 
W, W.—The os calcis, or point of the hock. 
X, X, X, X.— The sesamoid, or fetlock bones. 
