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3. Describe the processes of mastication, insalivation, and rumina- 
tion, and name the effect which each produces on the food, and in 
■what way digestion and assimilation arc promoted thereby. 
4. Name the chief fluids which are employed in the digestive and 
assimilative processes, and the provision which is made for the con- 
veyance of nutritive matter into the blood. 
5. Name the several bones which form the skull and face of the 
Ox, particularising those which constitute the cavity in which the 
brain is placed, and those in which the teeth are implanted. 
6. Describe the bones and other structures which are combined to 
form the foot of the Ox, and name the provisions which exists for the 
development and growth of the horn or hoof, and the means by 
which one digit is united to the other. 
7. Suppose a needle be passed through the central part of the eye 
from front to back, what membranes would it penetrate, and with 
what bone would its point come in contact ? 
