Elementary lectures on veterinary science, for agricultural students, farmers, and stockkeepers (1913) (14781322141)

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Title: Elementary lectures on veterinary science, for agricultural students, farmers, and stockkeepers ..

Year: 1913 (1910s)

Authors: Thompson, Henry

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Publisher: London, Baillière, Tindall and Cox

Contributing Library: University of California Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ered bya tough membrane called periosteum, and lined internally with a finemembrane called endostemn. Bone is the basis of the animal frame,or skeleton, giving attachment to the soft parts and shielding thedelicate organs. For descriptivepurposes bones are divided intothree classes, as long, fiat, short or irregular. 46. Periosteum—the outer covering of bone—is a dense fibro-vascular membrane consisting of two layers, an outer fibrous oneand an inner one of fine connective tissue which is continued intothe Haversian canals, by which means the bone is nourished. Theperiosteum varies in thickness according to the position of the bone,being thickest where the bone is most exposed to injury—for instance,on the tibia and shank bone. 47. Endosteum is a very fine vascular membrane lining theinternal or medullary cavities of the bones, wherein the marrow (afatty substance) is contained, and by its means the internal arteriesare distributed through the internal parts of the bones. The 28

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EXPLANATION OF PLATE V THE SKELETON OF THE HORSE I. 2. 3- 4-5-6. 7-8. 9-lo.II. 12. 13- 14. 15-16. 17-18.19.20, 2122. 23 24. 25- 26. 27.28.29.30.31-32 33- Upper Jaw, Lower or Under Jaw. Occipital Bone. Parietal Bone. Frontal Bone. Temporal Bone. Superior Maxillary Bone. The Upper Molars. Infra-Orbital Foramen. Pre-Maxillary Bone. The Upper Incisors. The Upper Canine Tooth or Tusk. Nasal Bone. Lachrymal Bone. Orbital Cavity. Zygomatic Bone. Inferior Molars. Inferior Canine Tooth. Inferior Incisors. thethe The Cervical Vertebrae (7),first being the Atlas andsecond the Dentata or Axis. The Dorsal Vertebras (18). Eight True Ribs on the Breast Bone. Ten False Ribs. Breast Bone (Sternum). Lumbar Vertebrae (6). Sacrum, which consist of five ver-tebrae grown together, at the sidesof which are four openings throughwhich the sacral nerves pass. Coccygeal Vertebrae (20). The Ilium. The Haunch. Bones of thePelvis. Pubis.Ischium. I Hip-Joint. j The Hip-Joint downwards. 34-35- 36.37.38.39- 40.41. 42

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