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Title: The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London, Gresham Pub. Co.
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ide of the sternum,as already explained.Each rib possesses ahead, a neck, and atubercle at the su-perior extremity. Thehead fits into a hollowformed between thebodies of two verte-bne, where it is united))y ligaments to forma free-moving joint.The tubercle formsanother svnovial articulation witli tlie transverse process of the vertebrabehind. The length of the ribs varies with the position they occupy.From the first to the ninth they increase in length, and then progressivelvthey diminish to the last. Variation is also noticeable in the width, whichincreases from the first to the sixth or seventh, and then diminishes tothe eighteenth. The outward curve they make increases from the first to the last, andgives rotundity to the body in proportion as it is great or otherwise. Costal Cartilages.—These are cylindrical pieces of cartilage extend-ing in a forward direction from the lower extremities of the ril)s, whichthey .serve to elongate. The first eight are united with the sternum, and
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Fig. 294.—Pelvis (Superior Aspect) Antero-inferior Spine of nium. ^ Siipero-posterior Spine of Ilium.3 Obturator Foramen. * Lateral Ischiatic Notch. ^ Tuberosity of Ischium.^ Ischiatic Arch. Symphysis Ischii. Symphysis Pubis. 192 HEALTH AND DISEASE are the thieker and stronger. They increase in lengtli from before ))aek-ward to tlie eleventh, after which they become shorter. The Pelvis (figs. 294, 295).—The bony pelvis or hip girdle consistsof two portions, termed coxse or ossa innominata, which, together withthe sacrum and the front segments of the tail-bones, form the cavity ofthe pelvis. The ossa innominata are flat, irregular bones, which, after forming thesides of the pelvic cavity, join together below to form its floor. In thefoetus each innominate bone consists of three pieces, termed the ilnini, the ischium, and thepubis. The ilium,the largest of thethree, is that portionwhich unites with thesacrum above, withthe acetabulum orfemoral joint l)elow,and outwardly formstlie po

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