THE 
V, 
VOL. 
VETERINARIAN 
DECEMBER, 1828. 
No. 12. 
ANATOMY OF THE HORSE. 
(Continued from page 351.) 
OF THE EXTREMITIES. 
/N number^ four.— Disposed in pairs.— Divided into fore and 
hind extremities. 
I.—THE FORE EXTREMITIES. 
Situation, —Antero-lateral parts of the trunk, from which they 
proceed downward. 
Division, —Into shoulder, arm, knee, leg, and foot. 
OF THE SHOULDER. 
Constituted of the scapula, superiorly; and of the humerus, 
inferiorly. 
BLADE BONE (SCAPULA). 
Situation, —Antero-lateral part of the thorax. Its position is 
oblique, the antero-superior angle being directed forwards and 
upwards; the postero-superior, downwards and backwards. The 
former rises above the transverse process of the fourth dorsal ver¬ 
tebra ; the latter is opposed to the angle of the seventh rib. The 
coracoid process comes opposite to the sternal extremity of the 
first rib. 
Form, —Triangular: inferior angle irregular and detruncated. 
Broad and thin, superiorly; narrowing, but growing thicker and 
more substantial, inferiorly. 
Division, —Into two surfaces, three borders or sides, and three 
angles. 
Surfaces. — External and Internal, The external, some¬ 
times called the dorsum scapulae, is divided unequally into two 
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