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THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE 



THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE 



The skeleton of the horse consists of 205 bones, as shown in the following table: 



Vertebral column 5* 



Ribs 36 



Sternum 1 



Skull (including auditory ossicles) 34 



Thoracic limbs ' 40 



Pelvic Umbs 40 



205 



In this enumeration the average number of coccygeal ■\ertel)ra^ is taken to be 18, the tern- 

 poral and os coxa' are not di^dded into parts, the usual number ot carpal and tarsal elements is 

 taken, and the sesamoids are included. 



Fig. 6. — Skeleton of Horse, with Outline of Contour of Body. 

 I.H., Atlas; 7.H., seventh cervical vertebra; I.R., firat thoracic vertebra; 17.R., seventeenth thoracic vertebra; 

 I.L., first lumbar vertebra; 6.L., sixth lumbar vertebra; K, sacrum; I.S., first coccygeal vertebra; 16. S.^ sixteenth 

 coccygeal vertebra; ^.i?., sixth rib; 5.ii^., costal cartilage; J5.-R., last rib; 1, scapula; 1', cartilage of scapula; 2, spine 

 of scapula; 4, humerus; 4' lateral epicondyle of humerus; 5, lateral tuberosity of humerus; 6, deltoid tuberosity; 

 7, shaft of ulna ; 8, olecranon; 9, radius; 10, carpus; 11, accessory carpal bone; 12, metacarpus: 13, digit; 14, sternum, 

 14", xiphoid cartilage; 15, ilium; 16, 16', angles of ihum; 17, ischium; 18, femur (shaft) ; 19, trochanter major; 20, 

 patella; 21, tibia (shaft) ; 21', lateral condyle of tibia; 2.3, fibula; 22, tarsus; 24, tuber calciajf 25, metatarsus; 

 26, digit; 27, trochanter minor of femur; 28, trochanter tertius of femur. (After EUenberger-Baum, Anat. fur 

 Kijnstler.) 



