EXPLANATION OF PLATE L 
SKELETON OF THE HORSE. 
This cut gives the names of all the joints and bones in the 
body, also the number of bones in each section. 
Names marked according to numbers. 
1. Scapula, or shoulder blade. 
2. Humerus, or shoulder bone. 
3. Radius, or bone of fore-arm. 
4. Ulna, or bone of fore-arm. 
5. Carpus, or knee (contains 8 
bones). 
6. Metacarpal, or large shin bone. 
7. Small Metacarpals, or splint 
bones (2 in number), 1 on 
each side. 
8. Sesamoids, or fetlock bones, 3 
small bones at the back of the 
joint. 
9. Os Suffraginis, or large pastern 
bone. 
10. Os Coronae, or small pastern 
bone. 
11. Os Pedis, or foot bone. 
12. Os Naviculare, or shettle bone, 
situated behind the coffin- joint, 
and is the seat of the coffin- 
joint lameness. 
13. Femur, or hip bone. 
14. Patella, or stifle bone. 
15. Tibia and Fibula, or thigh bones, 
the Fibula benig a small bone 
running down just outride the 
Tibia. 
16. Tarsus, or hock joint (contains 
6 small bones). 
17. Metatarsal, or large shin bone. 
18. Metatarsals, or small shin bones 
(being 2 in number), 
19. 20, 21, 22 and 23 receive the same 
names in the hind leg as 8, 9, 
19 
10, 11 and 12 in the front leg, 
being the same from the fet- 
lock down. 
24. Cervical region, or neck bone 
(being 7 in number). 
25. Dorsal region, or back bones 
(being 18 in number) to cor- 
respond with the 18 pairs of 
ribs. 
26. Lumbar region, or small of the 
back bones (being 6 in num- 
ber). 
27. Sacral region, or rump bones 
(being 5 in number). 
28. Coccygeal region, or tail bones 
(being 18 in number). 
29. Cranium bones, or bones that 
protect the brain. 
30. Upper and lower jaw bones. 
31. Sternum, or breast bone. 
32. Ribs, 18 pairs. 
33. Pelvis, or hip bones, 
34. Shoulder joint. 
35. Elbow joint 
36. Carpus, or knee joint 
37. Fetlock joint. 
38. Pastern joint 
39. Coffin- joint, which is situated 
within the hoof. 
40. Hip joint 
41. Stifle joint 
42. Tarsus, or hock joint. The joints 
receive the same name from 
the hock down in the hind leg, 
as from knee down in the front 
leg. 
