THE HEAD, the second division of the skeleton, Fig. 6. The French shoe.
comprehends the cranium and the face. Fig. 7. The Persian, Tuskish, and Arabian shoe.
The Cranium, Skull, or brain-case, is composed of Fig. 8. The Barbary shoe.
ten bones, or separable pieces; six of which Fig. 9. The bar-shoe.
are visible in the Plate, viz. the frontal,f,f, Fig. 10. The patten-shoe.
the parietal, p, p, the temporal, t, t, and the Fig. 11. The screw-shoe.
occipital, o, o. Fig. 12. Represents the ground-surface of an ordi The Face is composed of seventeen bones; of which nary hind-shoe. The outer heel Is made may be seen in the Plate—the nasal bones, with a caulking or stop, to prevent the n, n; the superior maxillary, M, M; the an- animal from slipping; the inner heel is terior maxillary, m, m; the malar r, r; the increased to double the thickness of the lachrymal, 1, 1; and inferior maxillary bone, other part of the web, in order to pre or lower jaw, J, J. Also the teeth. serve the level of the tread, which the
caulking would otherwise incline to one TIIE EXTREMITIES are, two fore, and two hind. side.
The Fore Extremity comprises the shoulder, corn posed of the scapula or blade bone, a, a; and EXPLANATION OF PLATE DXXXII.
the humerus, b, b; the arm-bone, c, c; the six bones of the knee, d, d; the seventh, behind the others, e; the cannon, or metacarpal bone, h, h; the sesamoids, g, g; the pastern hone, k, k; the coronet bone, o, o; the coffin, m, m; and the navicular bone, n, n.
The Hind Extremity comprises—the haunch, com posed of the femoral or haunch bone, a, a; and the patella,or stifle bone, thigh, formed by the tibia, the veritable thigh-bone of the horse, c, hock, d, d; consist ing of six small hones; the os calcis, or hock bone, projecting behind, e, e; and the leg, and parts below, which are the same as those of the fore extremity.