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THE SKELETON OF THE HOKSE. 



A The Head. 



a The posterior maxillary or under jaw. 



b The superior maxillary or upper jaw. A little lower down than the letter is a foramen, 



through which pasa the nerves and blood-vessels which chiefly supply the lower part 



of the face. 

 c The orbit, or cavity containing the eye. 

 d The nasal bones, or bones of the nose. 



e The suture dividing the parietal bones below from the occipital bones above. 

 / The inferior maxillary bone, containing the upper incisor teeth. 

 B The Seven Cervical VertebrEe, or bones of the neck. 

 C The Eighteen Dorsal Vertebrae, or bonea of the back. 

 I) The Six Lumbar Vertebrae, or bones of the loins. 

 E The Five Sacral Vertebrae, or bones of the haunch. 

 F The Caudal Vertebras, or bones of the tail, generally about fifteen. 

 G The Scapula, or shoulder-blade. 

 H The Sternum, or fore-part of the chest. 

 I The Costse or ribs, seven or eight articulating with the sternum, and called the true ribs, 



and ten or eleven united together by cartilage, called the false ribs. 

 J The Humerus, or upper bone of the arm. 

 K The Radius, or upper bone of the arm. 



L The Ulna, or elbow. The point of the elbow is called the Olecranon. 

 M The Carpus or knee, consisting of seven bones. 

 N The metacarpal bones. The larger metacarpal or cannon or shank in front, and the smaller 



metacarpal or splent hone behind. 

 g The fore pastern and foot, consisting of the Os Suffraginis, or the upper and larger pastern 



bone, with the sesamoid bones behind, articulating with the cannon and greater 



pastern ; the Os Coronse, or lesser pastern; the Os Pedis or coffin bone ; and the O3 



Naviculare, or navicular, or shuttle-bone, not seen, and articulating with the smaller 



pastern and coffin bonea. 

 h The corresponding bones of the hind-ieet. 



O The Haunch, consisting of three portions, the Ilium, the Ischium, and the Pubis. 

 P The Femur or thigh. 

 Q The stifle joint with the Patella. 



R The Tibia or proper leg bone — behind is a small bone called the fibula. 

 S The Tarsus or hock, composed of six bones. The prominent part is the Os Galcis, or point 



of the hock. 

 T The Metatarsals of the hind leg 



