. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Horses; Veterinary anatomy. MUSCLES OF THE ANTERIOR LIMBS. 333 The lateral extensor of the phalanges of Ruminants is tliicker than in the Horse, and con- etitutes tlio proper extensor of the external digit (Fig. 185, 5). Its terniiiiul tendon (4', 6, 7) comports itself exactly the same as thut of tlie proper extensor of the iuturnal digit, and, con- sequintly, does not merit special description. We may remark, â with Lecoq, that these two muscles separate the digits from each oth'r in extending them; they are, therefore, to a certain poiut
. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Horses; Veterinary anatomy. MUSCLES OF THE ANTERIOR LIMBS. 333 The lateral extensor of the phalanges of Ruminants is tliicker than in the Horse, and con- etitutes tlio proper extensor of the external digit (Fig. 185, 5). Its terniiiiul tendon (4', 6, 7) comports itself exactly the same as thut of tlie proper extensor of the iuturnal digit, and, con- sequintly, does not merit special description. We may remark, â with Lecoq, that these two muscles separate the digits from each oth'r in extending them; they are, therefore, to a certain poiut, antagonists of the common extensor. The obliijue flexor of the metacarpus in tlie Camel has a very thin ulnar portion, rather aponeurotic tliaii muscular. Tlie inferior tendon of that , at its insertion into the pisi- form , detaches a baud to the internal border of the carpus. In this animal, tiie internal flexor is attached to the superior extreiiiity of tlie internal border of the The perforatiis of the Ox and Sheep is composed of two por- tions, the tendons of which unite towaid-s the middle of tlie metacarpal region. The siugle tendon (Fig. 186,1,2, 3) which results from this union afterwards divides into two branches, each of wliicli comports itself, in to the digits, as the single perforatus tendon does in the Horse, except that they receive from the suspensory ligament a fibrous band analogous to that which, in Solipeds. goes to the perforans tendon. This band (Fig. 185, I'A) concurs in the formation of the annular ligament tlirough which the latter tendon passes. In the Camd, the muscular portion of the is not present, but is represented by a tendinous band, the arrangement of which is curious. It arises from the common po8t(;rior liga- ment of the carpus, and at its origin adheres firmly to the branch of the susjjensory ligament of the fetlock which descends from the pisiform bone ; it goes behind the perforans tendon, w
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