Identifier: livestockcyclope00bake (find matches)
Title: Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Baker, A. H. (Austin Hart), 1852-
Subjects: Livestock Veterinary medicine
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Intercollegiate Press
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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brae) have already been mentioned.The parts of the skeleton as shown in the next figure, are : A, CervicalVertebrae ; BB, Dorsal Vertebrae; C, Lumbar Vertebrae; D, Sacrum,the bone which forms the bac^v part of the pelvis ; E, Coccygeal bones,or those forming the tail; FF, Ribs ; G, Costal cartilages, or the carti-lages joining the ends of the ribs ; H, the Scapula or shoulder blade ; I,the Humerus, or the upper part of the fore leg; KK, the Radii, or outerbones of the fore legs, below the humerus and knee ; L, the Ulva.This is the larger of the two bones of the upper part of the fore leg,lying behind the radius and extending from the knee to the lower part ofthe chest; M, the Knee, (Carpus). This is composed of 8 bones, viz: 58 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 1, Scaphoid, or boat shaped bone ; 2, Semilunar, or bone resembling ahalf moon ; 3, the Cuneiform, or wedge-shaped bone ; 4, the Trapezium,resembling the geometrical figure of that name ; 5, the Trapezoid, re-
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CuT 8.—The Skeleton.sembling a trapezoid ; 6, the great bone of the knee, (Os Magimm) ; 7.the Hook-shaped bone, (Unciform bone) ; 8, the pea-shaped bone, (pis-iform bone) ; NN, the big bone of the fore leg, the cannon bone orlarge metacarpal; O, Splint bone, or small metacarpal; PP, Sessamoidbones—two small bones in the substance of the tendons, where the foreleg is joined to the ankle ; QQ, Phalanges. These are: 1, the upperpastern bone ; 2, lower pastern bone; 3, the first bone in the leg, (ospedis), inside the hoof, the coffin bone, and the navicular or ship-shapedbone, not marked here. The Hinder Parts.—Coming to the hinder parts, R shows the pelvis.This is formed by: 1, the Ilium or flank bone ; 2, the Pubis, or fore partof one of the bones of the pelvis; 3, the Ischium, or hinder and lowerpart of the hip bone. S, the Femur or thigh bone; T, the Patella orsmall bone covering the stifle joint; U, the Tibia or the large, long bonebetween the hock and the stifle joint; V, the

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