The cat; an introduction to the study of backboned animals, especially mammals (1881) (20586478155)

Title: The cat; an introduction to the study of backboned animals, especially mammals
Identifier: catintroductiont00miva (find matches)
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900
Subjects: Cats; Anatomy, Comparative
Publisher: London, Murray
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library



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CHAP. III.) SKELETON OF THE HEAD AND TRUNK. 59 shadow in front of ^s), which bounds the base of the cranium in front as the foramen magnum bounds it behind. The middle of the hinder part of the under surface of the face thus forms the ventral margin of the hinder nostril, while on either side, the face receives the termination of the arch of the z5^goma. It thence narrows as it proceeds forwards, forming a triangular bony plate, slightly truncated in front, and bordered by teeth. When the skull is looked at in front, we see on each side of its highest part, with its rounded outline (the forehead), the great
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Fig. 30.âSkull viewed from in feont, with the Lower Jaw detached. an. Angle of mandible, c. Canines. c. (Of lower jaw) ooronoid process. / Frontal. i. Incisors, m. Maxilla. n. Nasal. â pf. Post-orbital process of frontal. jij. Post-orViital process of malar. -pm. Pre-maxilla. â pmo. Pre-niolars and inferior true molar. y. Condyle of niandil)le. 2. Infra-orbital foramen. 13. Mental foramen. sockets for the eyes, termed the orhits. These are not completely surrounded by bone, but are bounded below and externally by the zygoma and a process (j/?/), and above by another process (pf) from the skull roof, and behind by the wall of the cranium. The part of the skull which juts out laterally to support the floor of the orbit is called the " malar prominence." Between the orbits is the bony pro- minence of the nose, beneath which is a small, somewhat heart- shaped aperture, the front bony nostrils or anterior narcs. Beneath each orbit is the small bony cheek, and the skull is bounded below (the lower jaw or mandible being removed) by the alveolar border giving attachment to the teeth.