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Chapter VI — Description of the Skeleton — Diseases of the Nervous System

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Dog Skeleton Diagram

The Head and Its Functions

  1. The intermaxillary bone
  2. Nasal bone
  3. Maxilla superior (2)
  4. Lachrymal bone
  5. Zygomatic bone
  6. Orbit of the eye
  7. Frontal bone
  8. Summit of the head
  9. Occipital bones (2)
  10. Temporal bones (3)
  11. Inferior maxillary or jaw bones (3)
  12. Seven inferior maxillary molar teeth (x2)
  13. Six molar teeth of the superior jaw (x2)
  14. Canine teeth of the superior and inferior jaws
  15. Three incisor teeth of the superior maxillary bone
  16. The three inferior ditto

The Trunk

a. The ligamentum nuchæ (3)
I-VII. The seven vertebræ of the neck
13. The thirteen dorsal vertebræ
7. The seven lumbar vertebræ
21. Os sacrum, or rump-bone
22. Twenty caudal vertebræ — vertebræ of the tail
23. The left os innominatum
24. Right ditto
The nine true ribs, with their cartilages
The four false ribs, with their cartilages
o. The sternum.

The Left Anterior Extremity

  1. The scapula, or shoulder-blade
  2. Os humeri, or shoulder (2)
  3. Radius — the lesser bone of the arm (2)
  4. Ulna — the elbow (2)
  5. Os naviculare — the navicular bone
  6. Os triquetrum, or triangulare
  7. Os pisiforine, or pisiform bone
  8. Os semilunare, or semilunar bone
  9. Os capitatum — the nail
  10. Os metacarpi digiti tertii — the third metacarpal bone.
  11. Os metacarpi digiti quarti — fourth metacarpal
  12. Os metacarpi digiti quinti
  13. the first digits of the fore-feet (4)
  14. The second ditto (4)
  15. The third ditto
  16. The sessamoid bone

The Right Anterior Extremity

  1. Radius — the lesser bone of the arm (2)
  2. Ulna — the elbow (2)
  3. Os triquetrum — triangular bone
  4. Os naviculare — the navicular bone
  5. Os semilunare, or semilunar bone
  6. Os multangulum majus — the larger multangular bone
  7. Os multangulum minus — the small multangular bone
  8. Os metacarpi digiti pollicis — the thumb
  9. Ossa metacarpi digitorum quatuor — the four bones of the metacarpi
  10. Phalanx prima pollicis — first phalange of the thumb
  11. Phalanx tertia pollicis — third phalange of ditto
  12. Digiti quatuor — fourth phalange of ditto

The Left Posterior Extremity

  1. Os femoris — thigh-bone (2)
  2. Patella — the knee-pan (2)
  3. Tibia — the shank of the leg (2)
  4. Fibula — the small bone of ditto (2)
  5. Calcareus — the heel
  6. Astragalus — one of the seven bones of the tarsus
  7. Os naviculare — the navicular bone
  8. Os cuboideum — or cubic bone
  9. Os cuneiforma tertium et maximum
  10. Os metatarsi digiti quarti
  11. Os metatarsi digiti tertii
  12. Os metatarsi digiti secundi
  13. Os metatarsi digiti primi
  14. Phalanges primæ digitorum pedis
  15. Phalanges secundæ
  16. Phalanges tertiæ
  17. Os sesamoideum — the sessamoid

The Right Posterior Extremity

  1. Os femoris — thigh-bone (2)
  2. Patella — the knee-pan (2)
  3. Tibia — the shank of the leg (2)
  4. Fibula — the small bone of ditto (2)
  5. Calcareus — the heel
  6. Astragalus — one of the seven bones of the tarsus
  7. Os naviculare — the navicular bone
  8. Os cuneiforma primum et medium
  9. Os cuboideum — or cubic bone
  10. Os cuneiforma tertium et maximum
  11. Os cuneiforma secundum et minimum.
  12. Radimentum ossis metatarsi hallucis
  13. Os metatarsi digiti primi
  14. Os metatarsi digiti secundi
  15. Os metatarsi digiti tertii
  16. Phalanges primæ digitorum pedis
  17. Phalanges secundæ
  18. Phalanges tertiæ
  19. Os sesamoideum — the sessamoid

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