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STEUCT0BE OF THE SHSEF. 



SKELETON OP THE SHEEP. 



The Bead. 

 1. The inter-maxillary bone. 

 8. The nasal bones. 



8. The npper jaw. 



4. The union of the nasal and upper jaw 



bones.' 

 6. The union of the malar and lachrymal 



bones. 



6. The orbits of the eye. 



7. The frontal bone. 



9. The lower jaw. 



10. The incisor teeth, or nippers. 



11. The molars, or grinders. 



The Trunk. 



1. 1. The ligament of the neck, support- 

 ing the head. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The seven vertebrse, or 

 bones of the neck. 



1—13. The thirteen vertebric, or bones 

 of the back. 



1—6. The six vertebrae of the loins. 



7. The sacral bone. 



8. The bones of the tail, varying in dif- 



ferent breeds from 12 to 21. ^ 



9. The haunch and pelvis. 



1—8. The eight true ribs with their car- 

 tilage^. 

 9—13. The five false ribs, or those that 

 are not attached to the breast-bone. 

 14. The breast-bone. 



10. 



The Fore -teg. 



The scapula, or shoulder-blade. 



ThehUmeruB, bone of the xaa, or low- 

 er part of the shoulder. 



The radius, or bone of the fore-arm. 



The ulna, or elbow. 



The knee, with its different bones. 



The metacarpal, or shank-bones — the 

 larger bones of the leg. 



A rudiment of the smaller metacarpal. 



One of the sessamoid bones. 



The two first bones of the foot— the 

 pasterns. 



The proper bones of the foot. 



The mnd-Leg. 



1. The thigh-bone. 



2. The stifle-joint and its bone — the 



patella. 



3. The tibia, or bone of the npper part of 



the leg. 



4. The point of the hock. 



5. The other bones of the hock. 



6. The metatarsal bone, or bone of the 



hind-leg. 



7. Hndiment of the small metatarsal. 



8. A sessamoid bone, 



9. The two first bones of the foot— the 



pasterns. 

 10. The proper bone of the foot. 



