. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. ORKilN, ANATOMY AND POINTS OK SIIEEI'. 849 The Hind Leg.—l—I'lc thigli bono. 2—TlicstilU; joint and ils hone, the patella. 3—Tlio tibia, or bone of the upper part of the leg. 4— The point of the hock. 5—The other bones of the hock, ti—The metatarsal bone, or bono of the hind leg. 7—Rudiment of the small metatarsal. 8—A sessaraoid bone. 9—The two first bones of the foot, tlio pasterns. 10—The proper bone of the foot. It will be seen that the general anatomy of the sheep corresponds to that of the ox.
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. ORKilN, ANATOMY AND POINTS OK SIIEEI'. 849 The Hind Leg.—l—I'lc thigli bono. 2—TlicstilU; joint and ils hone, the patella. 3—Tlio tibia, or bone of the upper part of the leg. 4— The point of the hock. 5—The other bones of the hock, ti—The metatarsal bone, or bono of the hind leg. 7—Rudiment of the small metatarsal. 8—A sessaraoid bone. 9—The two first bones of the foot, tlio pasterns. 10—The proper bone of the foot. It will be seen that the general anatomy of the sheep corresponds to that of the ox. In the limbs we find the number of joints the same in the horse, ox and sheep. Beneath the fetlock, however, the four bones are doubled in the sheep. IV. Top and Vertical Views of Skull. The first illustration shows the skull of a polled sheep as seen from the top. Explanation.—1—Occipital bone, depressed out of danger. 2—The parii'tal bones, the suture having disappeared, and also out of danger. 3—The squamous portions of the temporal bone—the buttress of the arch of the skull. 4—The meatus auditorius, or bony opening into the ear. T)—The frontal bones. G—The openings through which ])lood-vcssels pass, to supply the forehead. 7—Tiie bony orl)its of the eye. 8—The zygomatic or molar ])ones, very much developed. 9, 10—The bones of the nose. 11—The upper jawbone. 12—The foramen, through which the nerve and blood-vessels pass, to sujjply the lower jjart of the face. 13— The nasal processes of the intermaxillary l)oiies. 14 — The palatine processes. 15—The intermaxillary bone, supporting the cartilaginous pad, instead of containing teeth. Next we give a vertical section of the head vvith its appropriate expla- nation. Explanation.—1—Nasal bone. 2—Upper jaw bono. 3—Intermaxil- lary bone su[)porting the pad, supplies the place of upper front teeth. 4, 4—The frontal sinus. 5—Cavity or , sinus of the horn, communicating
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