The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . of the vertebrae; extending the wholelength of the body, it consists of a series of single bones, termedvertebrae, firmly united and presenting horizontally a successionof curves; thus in the horse the neck, back, and croup are usuallycurved, while the loins are nearly straight. The vertebral chainis usually divided into five regions, exclusive of the cranial por-tion. These are the cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral, and coccy-geal, respectively the regions of the neck, back, loins, croup,
The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . of the vertebrae; extending the wholelength of the body, it consists of a series of single bones, termedvertebrae, firmly united and presenting horizontally a successionof curves; thus in the horse the neck, back, and croup are usuallycurved, while the loins are nearly straight. The vertebral chainis usually divided into five regions, exclusive of the cranial por-tion. These are the cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral, and coccy-geal, respectively the regions of the neck, back, loins, croup, andtail. The bones of these regions are seven cervical; eighteendorsal, corresponding in number with the pairs of ribs; ^Ye orsix lumbar; five sacral, and the coccygeal, varying from thirteento twenty. The dorsal vertebrae superiorily, the ribs and theircartilages laterally, and the sternum or breast bone inferiorly,form the cavity called the thorax. In the horse the ribs usuallynumber eighteen, eight of these being true ribs and attached tothe sternum; the ten posterior ribs, having only an indirect. 02 THE STOCK owners ADVISER. sternal attachment, are known as false ribs. The sternum is con-structed of seven bones, united by cartilage in the young animaland by partial ossification in the adult. MUSCLES AND TENDONS. The muscles are the active organs of motion, or of contain a specific contractile substance termed musculartissue, together with areolar and fibrous tissue, and a certainamount of fatty material; they are also furnished with nerves,blood vessels, and absorbents. They constitute the chief bulkof the soft parts outside the three great cavities of the body—the cranial, thoracic, and abdominal. They are composed ofnumerous little strings or contractile fibers, which are either col-lected into bundles connected at their extremities, or they helpto form the walls of the hollow viscera; for example, the blad-der, stomach, etc. The muscles are very exte
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