. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. CHAPTER XIII GENERAL DISEASES OF THE LOCOMOTORY APPARATUS General Discussion.—The movements of the different parts of the animal body depend on the nnion of the bones that form the skeleton (Fig. 2S), and mode of insertion of the muscles. The bones meet and form joints or articulations. These are. Fig. 28.—Skeleton of horse. divided into three clases: movable, mixed and immovable. Nearly all of the articulations in the extremities belong to the movable class. The articulations between the bodies of the vertebrffi belong to the mixed, and


. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. CHAPTER XIII GENERAL DISEASES OF THE LOCOMOTORY APPARATUS General Discussion.—The movements of the different parts of the animal body depend on the nnion of the bones that form the skeleton (Fig. 2S), and mode of insertion of the muscles. The bones meet and form joints or articulations. These are. Fig. 28.—Skeleton of horse. divided into three clases: movable, mixed and immovable. Nearly all of the articulations in the extremities belong to the movable class. The articulations between the bodies of the vertebrffi belong to the mixed, and those between the flat bones of the head to the immovable class. The bony surfaces that meet and form the different types of articulations are held together by ligaments (Fig. 20). Some- 131. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Craig, Robert Alexander, 1872-. Philadelphia London, J. B. Lippincott company


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