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The upper and lower divisions of the wing are sometimes termed the basilar and retrossal processes respectively.

Footnote 26:

This is termed the lacrimal sinus by some authors. It is similar in location and in the position of its orifice to the turbinal part of the frontal sinus of the horse, with the important difference that it does not communicate with the frontal sinuses in the ox.

Footnote 27:

This third bone was termed the phacoid in the cat by Strauss-Durckeim, and is regarded by some authors as the vestige of an additional digit, the prepollex.

Footnote 28:

It is doubtful whether the synovia is a true secretion or a transudate containing products of friction. The view given above is that which is more commonly accepted.

Footnote 29:

This classification makes no claims to scientific accuracy, but is simply a statement of the terms in general use. A grouping based on mechanical principles seems desirable, but appears to be almost impossible on account of the great variety and irregularity of form of the articular surfaces.

Footnote 30:

The movements in some of these joints are more extensive and varied than in some diarthroses. To illustrate this we may compare the movements of the cervical or coccygeal vertebræ with those possible in the carpo-metacarpal or the sacro-iliac joints.

Footnote 31:

In dissecting-room subjects these bursæ and the adjacent structures are commonly the seat of pathological changes. They appear to be the starting-point of “poll evil” and “fistulous withers.”

Footnote 32:

No natural line of demarcation exists between the ligamentum nuchæ and the lumbo-dorsal continuation of the supraspinous ligament, since the change from the purely elastic to the white fibrous structure is gradual.

Footnote 33:

The term is a very unfortunate one, since it is a distinct misapplication of the name as it is used in regard to man. It is, however, very firmly established, and appears likely to persist indefinitely in the absence of a convenient popular equivalent.

Footnote 34:

This is often called the Y-shaped ligament—a rather undesirable name, since it is not bifurcate.

Footnote 35:

It is also called the V-shaped ligament.

Footnote 36:

This should be noted in regard to resection of the lateral cartilage or other operations in this vicinity.

Footnote 37:

These are termed the postero-lateral ligaments by M’Fadyean. They may well be called, as by German authors, the suspensory ligaments of the navicular bone.

Footnote 38:

In this figure the patella is pushed up above the trochlea—a position which it does not occupy normally.

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