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THE HORSE 



both feet are almost equally developed, and flattened on 

 tlieir inner or contiguous surfaces, so that each is not 

 symmetrical in itself, but when the two are placed 



A B 



Fig. 1. — A, diagrammatic representation of the bones of the 

 right fore-foot of an odd-toed or Perissodactyle animal. 

 B, of an even-toed or ArtiQdactyle. c,the carpus or wrist , 

 consisting of two rows of bones, the upper being c, cunei- 

 form; Z, lunar; and s, scaphoid: the lower, u, unciform; 

 m, magnum ; td, trapezoid, and tm, trapezium. The long 

 bones in contact with the last constitute the metacarpus ; 

 the remaining bones are the phalanges. The digits or 

 toes are numbered in order from the inner to the outer 

 side of the foot. The shaded parts of A are those that 

 are present in the horse ; in B, those that are present in 

 the ox. 



