ᱫᱮᱨᱮᱧ

A pair of horns on a male impala

Anatomy and physiology of an animal's horn

ᱫᱮᱨᱮᱧ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱡᱟᱱᱣᱟ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱵᱚᱦᱚᱜ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱴᱷᱟᱶ ᱞᱟᱥᱮᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱜᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱ ᱛᱟᱠᱚᱣᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱨᱮ "ᱠᱮᱨᱟᱛᱤᱱ" ᱟᱨ ᱯᱨᱳᱴᱤᱱ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱤᱣᱮᱫ ᱡᱟᱝ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱚᱨ ᱟᱲᱮ - ᱯᱟᱥᱮᱡ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱫᱮᱨᱮᱧ ᱮᱸᱴᱤᱞᱚᱨᱥ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱮᱜᱟᱨ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱴᱷᱟᱶᱟᱱ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱡᱟᱱᱣᱟ (mammals) ᱨᱮ, ᱥᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱜᱮ ᱫᱮᱨᱮᱝ ᱟᱥᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱸᱴᱤᱞᱚᱠᱚᱯᱨᱤᱰᱮ (ᱯᱨᱳᱱᱦᱚᱨᱱ) ᱟᱨ ᱵᱳᱣᱤᱰᱮ ( ᱜᱟᱹᱭ, ᱢᱮᱨᱚᱢ, ᱢᱩᱡ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ) ᱜᱷᱟᱨᱚᱸᱡᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱩᱜᱟᱞᱤ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱟᱨᱴᱤᱭᱳᱰᱮᱭᱠᱴᱩᱞᱥ, ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱧᱟᱢᱚᱜᱚᱜ - ᱟ ᱾

ᱥᱮᱨᱮᱧ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱡᱚᱲ ᱟᱭᱥᱮ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ; ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱥᱮ ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱛᱤ ᱡᱚᱲ ᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱤᱨ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ (species) ᱨᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱫᱷᱟᱱ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱩᱱᱠᱩ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱡᱚᱲ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱷᱤᱲᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱧᱟᱢᱚᱜᱚᱜ - ᱟ ᱾ polycerte (ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱥᱮᱨᱮᱧ ᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ) ᱵᱷᱤᱲᱤ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱡᱚᱲ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱭᱵᱽᱨᱤᱰᱤᱭᱚᱱ, ᱟᱭᱥᱞᱮᱭᱱᱰᱤᱠ , ᱡᱮᱭᱠᱚᱵᱽ ᱢᱮᱭᱱᱚᱠᱥ ᱞᱚᱜᱷᱚᱴᱚᱱ, ᱟᱨ ᱱᱚᱣᱟᱡᱳ- ᱪᱩᱨᱩ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ ᱾

ᱫᱮᱨᱮᱧ ᱫᱚ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱟᱹᱪᱩᱨ ᱧᱚᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱥᱮ ᱥᱚᱡᱷᱮ ᱜᱩᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱧᱚᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱᱟ, ᱧᱮᱞᱛᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱟᱭᱱ ᱥᱮ ᱚᱥᱟᱨ ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱨᱭᱟᱹᱣ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ - ᱟ ᱾ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱥᱯᱤᱥᱤᱡᱽ (species) ᱨᱮ, ᱠᱚᱲᱟ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱝ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱮᱨᱮᱧ ᱧᱟᱢᱚᱜᱚᱜ - ᱟ ᱾ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱜᱮ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱜᱮ ᱫᱮᱨᱮᱧ ᱦᱟᱨᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱛᱟᱠᱚᱣᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱟᱱᱣᱟ ᱠᱟᱣᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱛᱮᱜᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ (ᱯᱨᱳᱱᱦᱚᱨᱱ ᱠᱟ ᱤᱠᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱛᱮᱜ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱟᱞᱟᱱᱟ ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱯᱚᱨᱚᱛ ᱟᱹᱛᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱛᱟᱠᱚᱣᱟ, ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱟᱷᱟᱱ ᱵᱳᱱᱤ ᱠᱳᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱴᱷᱤᱠ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱ ᱛᱟᱠᱚᱣᱟ) ᱾

ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱟᱱᱣᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱯᱟᱨᱥᱤᱭᱟᱞ (partial) ᱥᱮ ᱰᱮᱯᱷᱚᱨᱢ (deformed) ᱫᱮᱨᱮᱧ ᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱ ᱥᱠᱟᱨᱥ (scurs) ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱛᱟᱠᱚ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱦᱚᱲᱢᱚ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱦᱟᱨᱟᱜ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱫᱮᱨᱮᱧ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱢᱮᱱᱚᱜᱚᱜ - ᱟ, ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱟᱷᱟᱱ ᱥᱯᱟᱨᱥ, ᱯᱟᱸᱡᱟ (paws) ᱥᱮ ᱠᱷᱩᱨᱟᱹ, ᱦᱚᱲᱢᱚ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱥ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ- ᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱴᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱠᱩ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱠᱚ (Gallery)

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  Erkencho, musical instrument made from a horn
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  A Hebridean sheep with one horn on one side and two on the other
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  Water buffalo horn (Bubalus bubalis)
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  Elizabeth Bonté Art Nouveau horn necklace
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  Sable antelope mounted horns, at the Zoological Museum, Denmark
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  Horns, tusks and antlers in the National Museum of Scotland