The skeleton of the horse consists of 205 bones, as shown in the following table: 
In this enumeration the average number of coceygeal vertebre is taken to be 18, the tem- 
poral and os coxze are not divided into parts, the usual number of carpal and tarsal elements is 
THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE 
THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE 
Wertebralhcolumins <4. sgpmesn syed crass tees cis ane suevers cus Jones sera, eater cenes Sennen a noe 
IRIS ara can accdteuste fravao's AER Ra eR TA ea eton age a ce. Ba cues cyve nk ee eee eee 
PSCODIUUITES Seis aye aac acs Pete Morava ig goecaan wn Signe Sates Batty Rite ucts enon Reape etensestbets 
Skull! (including: auditorysossicles) cove .jo.c)5 cir eo) ese 5 ites s aadre: orate ei ahage oe eaeeors 
MO nfo ¢: Verte (uc) 0; Pen ya tr en Te ree eee ene a eee tye 
Pelvaculim bins tors cdi vetase shale ctetere na wraie, ott pakovialare ol dkoree Gui oust eae eer Oa ee 
taken, and the sesamoids are included. 
1.H., Atlas; 
of scapula; 4, humerus; 4’ lateral epicondyle of humerus; 
7, shaft of ulna; 8, olecranon; 9, radius; 10, carpus; 11, accessory carpal bone; 12, metacarpus; 13, digit; 14, sternum, 
ilium; 16, 16’, angles of illum; 17, ischium; 18, femur (shaft); 19, trochanter major; 20, 
25, metatarsus; 
14”, xiphoid cartilage; 15, 
Fic. 6.—SkeLeTon or Horse, WITH OuTLINE OF ConTouR OF Bopy. 
patella; 21, tibia (shaft); 21’, lateral condyle of tibia; 23, fibula; 22, tarsus; 24, tuber calecis; 
26, digit; 
Kistler.) 
27, trochanter minor of femur; 28, trochanter tertius of femur. (After Ellenberger-Baum, Anat. fiir 
40 
205 
7.H., seventh cervical vertebra; /.R., first thoracic vertebra; 17.R., seventeenth thoracic vertebra; 
1.L., first lumbar vertebra; 6.L., sixth lumbar vertebra; A, sacrum; 7.8., first coceygeal vertebra; 16.S8., sixteenth 
coceygeal vertebra; 6.R., sixth rib; 6.K., costal cartilage; 18.R., last rib; 1, scapula; 1’, cartilage of scapula; 2, spine 
5, lateral tuberosity of humerus; 6, deltoid tuberosity; 
