Notes on Veterinary Anatomy

DIGESTIVE ORGANS OF THE HORSE.--The digestive organs comprise the alimentary canal and the accessories by which the alimentary matter is received and subjected to specific actio...

STRUCTURE OF THE BONES--Bones are hard, yellow-white, insensitive objects, which form the skeleton and give attachment to soft structures (muscles, tendons and ligaments); they...

Muscles are the active organs of motion, or locomotion, each being separated from the other by a thin delicate membrane made up of connective tissue, which forms a sheath for th...

What is known regarding the articulations of bones of joints. The several bones which form the skeleton are united by means of certain soft structures, forming a number of artic...

The apparatus of hearing is composed of three parts the outer, middle, and inner ear; the two first being accessory for the collection and transmission of sounds, and the latter...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG.--We must here first speak of the ovum or germ, which is secreted by the ovary of the mare. Every time she comes in season (which occurs every three...

Under this heading we describe the organs of circulation, by the action of which certain fluids are propelled through the body. It is customary to divide this branch of the subj...

There are a number of excellent works on Veterinary Anatomy, and many of them will amply repay the student for the time taken to master them, but for quick reference none seem t...

STUDY OF THE NERVES.--The nervous system is a very important set of organs controlling the motion of the various members of the body and supplying the different senses of feelin...